Development of scatterometer-derived surface pressures for the Southern Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Hilburn, Kyle A ^a   Bourassa, Mark A ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

QuikSCAT; Scatterometer; SeaWinds; Southern ocean; Surface pressure; Variational techniques

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE WIND;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0142010058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001772     Document Type: Article

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