Comparison of C-Band scatterometer CMOD5.N equivalent neutral winds with ECMWF

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 721-736

  Hersbach, Hans ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; BAND MODEL; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTION; INCIDENCE ANGLES; NEUTRAL SURFACES; NEUTRAL WINDS; NON-NEUTRAL; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA STATE; SPACE-BORNE; SURFACE WINDS; VECTOR WIND; WIND DATA; WIND SPEED;

BACKSCATTERING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; OCEAN CURRENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SPEED; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BOUNDARY LAYER; ERS-2; NSCAT; NUMERICAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHY; SURFACE WIND; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77953491253     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO698.1     Document Type: Article

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