On the seasonal inconsistency of altimeter wind speed algorithms

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2119-2125

  Chen, G ^a,c   Lin, H ^b   Ma, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; RADAR CROSS SECTION;

ALTIMETER-DERIVED WIND SPEEDS;

WIND;

ALGORITHM; ALTIMETER; ERROR ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0342699748     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160050021349     Document Type: Article

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