The accuracy of preliminary WindSat vector wind measurements: Comparisons with NDBC buoys and QuikSCAT

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 622-637

  Freilich, Michael H ^a,b,c   Vanhoff, Barry A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Chemistry   (United States)

^c American Meteorological Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean surface winds; Quikscat; Remote sensing; Windsat

Indexed keywords

OCEAN SURFACE WINDS; QUIKSCAT; WINDSAT;

BUOYANCY; MICROWAVES; RAIN; SENSORS; VECTORS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33244493825     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.869928     Document Type: Article

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