Wind assessment in a coastal environment using synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery and a numerical weather prediction model

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 368-377

  Beaucage, Philippe ^a   Glazer, Anna ^b   Choisnard, Julien ^b   Yu, Wei ^b   Bernier, Monique ^a   Benoit, Robert ^b   Lafrance, Gaëtan ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND SPEEDS;

WIND;

EID: 37249000770     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-043     Document Type: Article

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