Evaluation of ENVISAT ASAR data for sea surface wind retrieval in Hong Kong coastal waters of China

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 57-62

  Xu, Qing ^a   Lin, Hui ^a   Zheng, Quanan ^b   Xiu, Peng ^c   Cheng, Yongcun ^d   Liu, Yuguang ^e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

ENVISAT ASAR; Hong kong; Sea surface wind speed; Wind retrieval algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BUOY SYSTEM; COASTAL WATER; CORRELATION; DATA SET; ENVISAT-1; ERROR ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEA BREEZE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 57249105151     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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