Coastal validation of ultra-high resolution wind vector retrieval from quikscat in the gulf of maine

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-417

  Plagge, A M ^a   Vandemark, D C ^a   Long, D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology; Remote sensing; Wind

Indexed keywords

GULF OF MAINE; HIGH WINDS; LAND CONTAMINATION; LIGHT WIND; MESOSCALE LEVELS; NEARSHORE; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS; POSITIVE BIAS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; QUIKSCAT; RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; SCATTEROMETER; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE WINDS; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND EVENTS; WIND RETRIEVALS; WIND VECTORS;

BUOYS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; NASA; PHOTOMASKS; REMOTE SENSING; STANDARDS;

WIND;

EID: 67651177450     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2009.2014852     Document Type: Article

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