Comparison of wind data from QuikSCAT and buoys in the Indian Ocean

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2375-2382

  Satheesan, K ^a   Sarkar, A ^a   Parekh, A ^b   Kumar, M R Ramesh ^c   Kuroda, Y ^d  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WIND;

AIR-SEA TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND DATA;

REMOTE SENSING;

DATA BUOY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 34547125579     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160701236803     Document Type: Article

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