Jason-2 OGDR Wind and Wave Products: Monitoring, Validation and Assimilation

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 239-255

  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

Data assimilation; ECMWF; Jason 2; OGDR; operational geophysical data record; optimal interpolation; peak wave period; radar altimeter; significant wave height; WAM; wave buoy; wave model; wind speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052238569     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2010.487798     Document Type: Article

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