On bayesian scatterometer wind inversion

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1523-1533

  Stoffelen, Ad ^a   Portabella, Marcos ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayes procedures; Measurement space transformation; Satellite applications; Scatterometer; Sensitivity; Wind inversion

Indexed keywords

BAYES PROCEDURES; MEASUREMENT SPACE TRANSFORMATION; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SCATTEROMETER; SENSITIVITY; WIND INVERSION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 33744740389     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.862502     Document Type: Article

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