Sea state and rain: A second take on dual-frequency altimetry

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 133-152

  Quartly, Graham D ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual frequency altimetry; Jason; Rain rate; Rain flagging; Sigma0; TOPEX; Wave height; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA STATE; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 3542999262     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410490465472     Document Type: Article

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