A satellite-derived climatology of global ocean winds

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-236

  Risien, Craig M ^a   Chelton, Dudley B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Global ocean winds; QuikSCAT scatterometer

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAPHIC METHODS; MAPS; SATELLITE INTERCEPTION; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; GLOBAL COVERAGES; GLOBAL OCEAN WINDS; QUIKSCAT SCATTEROMETERS;

WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33750742402     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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