Comparison between QuikSCAT and buoy wind data in the Ligurian Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-296

  Pensieri, Sara ^a   Bozzano, Roberto ^a   Schiano, Maria Elisabetta ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intercomparison; Ligurian Sea; Marine Meteorology; Off shore observing marine system; Scatterometer; Sea wind

Indexed keywords

INTERCOMPARISONS; MARINE METEOROLOGY; MARINE SYSTEMS; OFF-SHORE; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA WINDS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; NASA; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPEED; WATER ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

VECTOR SPACES;

ANEMOMETER; BUOY SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PERTURBATION; QUIKSCAT; SAMPLING; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

ITALY; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77950917874     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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