Blooms of σ0 in the TOPEX radar altimeter data

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1232-1245

  Mitchum, Gary T ^a   Hancock III, David W ^b   Hayne, George S ^b   Vandemark, Douglas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND EFFECTS;

ROUGH SURFACE SCATTERING MODELS; SATELLITE ALTIMETERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 3543036769     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<1232:BOITTR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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