Global structure of marine wind speed variability derived from TOPEX altimeter data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 5119-5133

  Chen, G ^a   Bi, S W ^b   Ma, J ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; GEOPHYSICS; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES; WIND;

MONSOON SYSTEM;

REMOTE SENSING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0346847580     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000082091     Document Type: Article

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