Validation of ERS-2 SAR offshore wind-speed maps in the North Sea

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3817-3841

  Hasager, C B ^a   Dellwik, E ^a   Nielsen, M ^a   Furevik, B R ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; METEOROLOGY; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

FOOTPRINTS; VALIDATIONS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ERS-2; MAPPING METHOD; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 5444274433     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160410001688286     Document Type: Article

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