Uncertainty in scatterometer-derived vorticity

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 594-603

  Bourassa, Mark A ^a   Ford, Kelly McBeth ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR SHAPE; DATA SETS; ERROR CHARACTERISTICS; LENGTH SCALE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; OBSERVATIONAL ERRORS; QUIKSCAT; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; SATELLITE MISSION; SCATTEROMETERS; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL SCALE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TROPICAL SYSTEMS; TRUNCATION ERRORS; VECTOR WIND; WIND VECTORS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICS; VORTICITY;

RANDOM ERRORS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; LINEARITY; QUIKSCAT; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SWATH BATHYMETRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VECTOR; VORTICITY;

EID: 77952992007     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO689.1     Document Type: Article

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