Ku-band radar altimeter surface wind speed algorithm

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue SP-636, 2007, Pages

  Abdalla, Saleh ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION; RADAR; SPEED CONTROL; WIND;

BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; RADAR ALTIMETERS; SURFACE WIND SPEED;

RADIO ALTIMETERS;

EID: 36448953488     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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