Windsat retrieval of ocean surface wind speeds in tropical cyclones

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1831-1834

  Mims, Amanda ^a   Kroodsma, Rachael ^a   Ruf, Christopher ^a   McKague, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FORWARD SCATTERING; HURRICANES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS; TROPICS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MONOTONIC DEPENDENCE; OCEAN SURFACE EMISSIVITY; OCEAN SURFACE WINDS; SURFACE WIND VECTOR; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

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EID: 78650898680     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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