Passive and active L-band microwave observations and modeling of ocean surface winds

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3087-3100

  Yueh, Simon H ^a   Dinardo, Steve J ^a   Fore, Alexander G ^a   Li, Fuk K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave remote sensing; ocean salinity; ocean wind; radar; radiometer

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; FLIGHT DATA; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH WINDS; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LINEAR CORRELATION; MICROWAVE DATA; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MODEL FUNCTIONS; OCEAN SALINITY; OCEAN SURFACE WINDS; OCEAN WIND; OCEAN WINDS; PHASED ARRAY TYPE L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; RADAR BACKSCATTER; RADAR DATA; SEA SURFACES; SURFACE WIND SPEED; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BACKSCATTERING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SPEED; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPERATURE; WIND EFFECTS;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

BACKSCATTER; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ACQUISITION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RADIOMETER; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77954763362     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2045002     Document Type: Article

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