An evaluation of scatterometer-derived oceanic surface pressure fields

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 835-852

  Patoux, Jérôme ^a   Foster, Ralph C ^b   Brown, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Applied Physics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORRELATION METHODS; CURVE FITTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NASA; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; EUROPEANS; LEAST SQUARES; MID LATITUDES; MIXED LAYERS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; PRESSURE FIELDS; QUIKSCAT; SCATTEROMETER; SHORTER WAVELENGTHS; SPECTRAL ANALYSES; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; SURFACE PRESSURE FIELDS; SURFACE PRESSURES; SURFACE WIND VECTORS;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SCATTEROMETER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PRESSURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 57649171268     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1683.1     Document Type: Article

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