Reconstruction of high resolution ocean wind vectors from low resolution scatterometer measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5562, Issue , 2004, Pages 196-207

  Long, David G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irregular sampling; Ocean winds; QuikSCAT; Radar backscatter; Reconstruction; Resolution enhancement; Scatterometer; SeaWinds

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADAR; SAMPLING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VECTORS;

IRREGULAR SAMPLING; OCEAN WINDS; QUICKSCAT; RADAR BACKSCATTER; RECONSTRUCTIONS; RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENTS; SCATTEROMETER; SEAWINDS;

WIND;

EID: 15844403431     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.565721     Document Type: Conference Paper

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