QuikSCAT satellite comparisons with nearshore buoy wind data off the U.S. West Coast

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1869-1879

  Pickett, Mark H ^a   Tang, Wenqing ^b   Rosenfeld, Leslie K ^c   Wash, Carlyle H ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; RAIN; SATELLITES;

DATASETS;

WIND;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BUOY; DATA SET; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; WIND FIELD;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642497500     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<1869:QSCWNB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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