Retrieval of ocean surface wind speed and wind direction using reflected GPS signals

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 515-526

  Komjathy, Atilla ^a   Armatys, Michael ^a   Masters, Dallas ^a   Axelrad, Penina ^a   Zavorotny, Valery ^b   Katzberg, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HURRICANES; MAPPING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE RELAY SYSTEMS; WAVES; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

OCEAN SURFACE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SPEED;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

GPS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 1542352245     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0515:ROOSWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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