Power density of ocean surface wind from international scatterometer tandem missions

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6109-6116

  Liu, W T ^a   Tang, W ^a   Xie, X ^a   Navalgund, R R ^b   Xu, K ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c CENTER FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLIED RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORBITS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

DIURNAL VARIABILITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY DEFICIENCY; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE; OCEAN SURFACE WINDS; POWER DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TANDEM MISSIONS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DIURNAL VARIATION; SATELLITE MISSION; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; WIND STRESS;

EID: 53749085163     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802175439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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