Retrieval of sea surface wind vectors from simulated satellite microwave polarimetric measurements

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Liu, Quanhua ^a,b   Weng, Fuzhong ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Polarimetric signature; Retrieval; Surface wind

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0042371318     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002729     Document Type: Article

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