Comparison of synthetic aperture radar-derived wind speeds with buoy wind speeds along the mountainous Alaskan coast

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1365-1376

  Fisher, C M ^a   Young, George S ^a   Winstead, N S ^b   Haqq Misra, J D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERICS; BUOYS; COASTAL ZONES; HURRICANE EFFECTS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES; SPEED; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND EFFECTS;

ACCURACY STUDIES; CLOSE PROXIMITIES; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL MODELS; GULF OF ALASKA; LAYER STABILITIES; MODEL ANALYSIS; OPEN OCEANS; RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENTS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL MODELS; SAR BACKSCATTERS; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA STATES; SENSING SURFACES; SYNOPTIC FORCING; U.S. NAVIES; VERY COMPLEX TERRAINS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED PROFILES; WIND SPEEDS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BUOY SYSTEM; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 50849125975     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1716.1     Document Type: Article

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