A statistical approach to WindSat ocean surface wind vector retrieval

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 164-168

  Smith, Craig K ^a,b,c   Bettenhausen, Michael ^a,d   Gaiser, Peter W ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometry; Polarimetry; Retrievals; Wind

Indexed keywords

CLOUD LIQUID WATER; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RETRIEVALS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION; WIND;

IMAGE RETRIEVAL;

EID: 31144441965     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2005.860661     Document Type: Article

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