A comparison of the wind magnitudes obtained from the microwave radiometer onboard IRS-P4 satellite and the ERS-2 scatterometer

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2479-2485

  Patadia, Falguni ^a   Sharma, Rashmi ^a   Ali, M M ^b  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

^b NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SCANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE (ESR); MULTIFREQUENCY SCANNING MICROWAVE RADIOMETER (MSMR); SCATTEROMETER; WIND MAGNITUDES;

WIND;

REMOTE SENSING; WIND MEASUREMENT;

EID: 22444440200     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160500056857     Document Type: Article

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