Ocean retrievals for WindSat: Radiative transfer model, algorithm, validation

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages 4761-4764

  Meissner, Thomas ^a   Wentz, Frank ^a  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud water; Radiative Transfer Model; Sea surface temperature, Water vapor; Validation; WindSat, Ocean wind vector

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FARADAY EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VAPORS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

CLOUD WATER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE, WATER VAPOR; VALIDATION; WINDSAT, OCEAN WIND VECTOR;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745728462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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