Estimating gale to hurricane force winds using the satellite altimeter

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 453-458

  Quilfen, Yves ^a   Vandemark, Doug ^b   Chapron, Bertrand ^a   Feng, Hui ^b   Sienkiewicz, Joe ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave observations; Remote sensing; Satellite observations; Surface observations; Wind

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ALTIMETER WINDS; BACKSCATTER DATA; DATA SOURCE; ENVISAT; FORECAST GUIDANCE; HIGH WIND SPEED; HIGH WINDS; JASON-1; KEY OBJECTIVE; MICROWAVE OBSERVATIONS; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; NEW MODEL; QUIKSCAT; RADAR BACKSCATTER; SATELLITE ALTIMETER; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE ORBIT; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA STATE; SIMPLE RULES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE OBSERVATIONS; WIND EVENTS; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND SPEED;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BACKSCATTERING; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; ALTIMETER; BACKSCATTER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVISAT-1; ESTIMATION METHOD; JASON-1; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUIKSCAT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79958745899     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-10-05000.1     Document Type: Article

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