Operational use and impact of satellite remotely sensed ocean surface vector winds in the marine warning and forecasting environment

Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue SPL.ISS. 2, 2009, Pages 194-207

  Chang, Paul S ^a   Jelenak, Zorana ^a   Sienkiewicz, Joseph M ^b   Knabb, Richard ^c   Brennan, Michael J ^d   Long, David G ^e   Freeberg, Mark ^f  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^f Oceans and Coastal Environmental Sensing (OCENS) Inc   (United States)

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EID: 77950937581     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2009.49     Document Type: Article

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