Relationship between ERS scatterometer measurement and integrated wind and wave parameters

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 368-373

  Quilfen, Y ^a   Chapron, B ^a   Collard, F ^b   Vandemark, D ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Brest Operational Observation System and Technologies (BOOST)   (France)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NEURAL NETWORKS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; SEA STATE PARAMETERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACKSCATTER; DATA PROCESSING; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SEA SURFACE;

EID: 1842630614     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0368:RBESMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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