A revised geophysical model function for the advanced scatterometer (ASCAT) at NOAA/NESDIS

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1335-1338

  Soisuvarn, Seubson ^a   Jelenak, Zorana ^a   Chang, Paul S ^a   Zhu, Qi ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

ASCAT; Geophysical model function; High winds; Ocean vector winds; QuikSCAT

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING;

ASCAT; GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTION; HIGH WINDS; QUIKSCAT; VECTOR WIND;

WIND;

EID: 78650882972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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