High resolution wind retrieval for Sea Winds

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5155, Issue , 2003, Pages 216-225

  Long, David G ^a   Luke, Jeremy B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced resolution; Ocean winds; QuikSCAT; Radar backscatter; Scatterometer; SeaWinds; Wind retrieval

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; RAIN; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES;

ENHANCED RESOLUTION; OCEAN WINDS; QUICKSCAT; SCATTEROMETER; SEAWINDS; WIND RETRIEVAL;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 2342453925     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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