A scatterometer for XOVWM, the extended ocean vector winds mission

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rodríguez, Ernesto ^a   Gaston, Robert W ^a   Durden, Stephen L ^a   Stiles, Bryan ^a   Spencer, Michael ^a   Veilleux, Louise ^a   Hughes, Richard ^a   Fernadez, Daniel Esteban ^a   Chan, Samuel ^a   Veleva, Svetla ^a   Dunbar, R Scott ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERATION SYSTEMS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MULTIPLE FREQUENCY; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; SAR PROCESSORS; SCATTEROMETERS; VECTOR WIND;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; WIND;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 69949084236     PISSN: 10975659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2009.4977093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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