QuikSCAT impacts on coastal forecasts and warnings: Operational utility of satellite ocean surface vector wind data

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 878-890

  Milliff, Ralph F ^a   Stamus, Peter A ^a  

^a Colorado Research Associates Division ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA-SETS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATIONS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTIONS; OCEAN SURFACE VECTOR WINDS; OPERATIONAL UTILITIES; QUIKSCAT; SCATTEROMETER; SITE VISITS; SURVEY DESIGNS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES; WINTER SEASONS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURVEYS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

COASTAL ZONE; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; NUMERICAL METHOD; QUIKSCAT; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE WIND; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 65549083287     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2007081.1     Document Type: Article

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