Weibull distribution for the global surface current speeds obtained from satellite altimetry

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Chu, Peter C ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kurtosis; OSCAR data; Probability distribution function; Skewness; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE STUDIES; CURRENT SPEED; ENVISAT; HORIZONTAL FLUXES; JASON-1; KURTOSIS; NEAR-REAL TIME; OCEAN SURFACE CURRENTS; OSCAR DATA; REAL TIME; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SCATTEROMETER; SKEWNESS; SURFACE CURRENT; WORLD OCEAN;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SURFACE ANALYSIS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67649826107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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