A comparative assessment of surface wind speed and sea surface temperature over the Indian ocean by TMI, MSMR, and ERA-40

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1131-1142

  Parekh, Anant ^a   Sharma, Rashmi ^b   Sarkar, Abhijit ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WIND EFFECTS;

MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND SPEED;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; RAIN; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WIND EFFECTS;

BUOY SYSTEM; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MONITORING SYSTEM; REAL TIME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 34347399344     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2021.1     Document Type: Article

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