Altimeter near real time wind and wave products: Random error estimation

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 393-406

  Abdalla, Saleh ^a   Janssen, Peter A E M ^a   Bidlot, Jean Raymond ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric model; ECMWF; Envisat; Error estimation; FDMAR; OGDR; OSDR radar altimeter; Random error; Significant wave height; Triple collocation technique; WAM; Wave buoy; Wave model; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENVISAT-1; HINDCASTING; JASON-1; REAL TIME; WAVE MODELING; WIND VELOCITY; WIND WAVE;

EID: 80052236477     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2011.585113     Document Type: Article

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