Hurricane surface wind measurements from an operational stepped frequency microwave radiometer

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3070-3085

  Uhlhorn, Eric W ^a   Black, Peter G ^a   Franklin, James L ^b   Goodberlet, Mark ^c   Carswell, James ^d   Goldstein, Alan S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^c ProSensing Inc   (United States)

^d 248 E Foothill Blvd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HURRICANES; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

MICROWAVE EMISSIVITY-WIND SPEED MODEL; SURFACE WIND STRUCTURE; WIND SPEED;

METEOROLOGY;

EMISSIVITY; GPS; HURRICANE; KINETIC ENERGY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NOAA SATELLITE; SURFACE WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34247636685     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3454.1     Document Type: Article

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