Directional stability and conservation of scattering (DiSCS)-based directional-ambiguity removal algorithm for improving wind fields from scatterometer: A quikSCAT example

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 592-595

  Gohil, B S ^a   Sharma, Priti ^a   Sikhakolli, Rajesh ^a   Sarkar, Abhijit ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Directional stability of winds; Oceansat 2; QuikSCAT; scatterometer; wind vector retrieval

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL STABILITY; DIRECTIONAL STABILITY OF WINDS; OCEANSAT-2; QUIKSCAT; SCATTEROMETERS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; LOW PASS FILTERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

STABILITY;

EID: 77954606977     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2010.2042138     Document Type: Article

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