An algorithm for the retrieval of sea surface wind fields using X-band TerraSAR-X data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 7310-7336

  Ren, Yongzheng ^a,b   Lehner, Susanne ^c   Brusch, Stephan ^c   Li, Xiaoming ^c   He, Mingxia ^a  

^a CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLARIZATION; RADAR IMAGING; SATELLITES; SURFACE WATERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND;

GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION LIMITED AREA MODELS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; POLARIZATION MODELS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VALUES; SCATTEROMETER MEASUREMENTS; SEA-SURFACE WIND SPEED; X-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ALGORITHM; GEOPHYSICS; POLARIZATION; QUIKSCAT; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRASAR-X; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84863829119     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.685977     Document Type: Article

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