Whitecap coverage from satellite measurements: A first step toward modeling the variability of oceanic whitecaps

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Anguelova, Magdalena D ^a,b   Webster, Ferris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND;

BREAKING WAVE; ERROR ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33646492829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003158     Document Type: Review

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