Spaceborne observations of ocean glint reflectance and modeling of wave slope distributions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Breon F M ^a   Henriot, N ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLOUDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTOMETERS; WIND;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NSCAT; OCEAN WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33751101341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003343     Document Type: Article

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