Evaluation of high-resolution ocean surface vector winds measured by QuikSCAT scatterometer in coastal regions

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1762-1769

  Tang, Wenqing ^a   Liu, W Timothy ^a   Stiles, Bryan W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ocean; Scatterometer; Vector wind

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; COASTAL ZONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; RADAR SYSTEMS;

COASTAL OCEAN; SCATTEROMETER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VECTOR WIND;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 4344714345     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.831685     Document Type: Article

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