The SAR measurement of ocean surface winds: An overview

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 565, 2004, Pages 15-32

  Monaldo, Frank ^a   Kerbaol, Vincent ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITATION; HURRICANES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

CLIMATE RESEARCH; MESOSCALE CYCLONES; OCEAN SURFACE WINDS; WEATHER ANALYSIS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 18644380962     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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