Systematic error of microwave scatterometer wind related to the basin-scale plankton bloom

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Liu, W Timothy ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; MICROWAVES; WIND;

MICROWAVE SCATTEROMETERS; SURFACE FILMS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; OCEAN COLOR; PLANKTON; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 18544405826     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018941     Document Type: Article

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