Improved determination of Indian Ocean surface currents using satellite data

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-343

  Sikhakolli, Rajesh ^a   Sharma, Rashmi ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Gohil, B S ^a   Sarkar, Abhijit ^a   Prasad, K V S R ^b   Basu, Sujit ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VARIABILITY; DATA SETS; DIAGNOSTIC ALGORITHMS; INDIAN OCEAN; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; OCEAN SURFACE CURRENTS; OCEAN SURFACE WINDS; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETERS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); THREE COMPONENT; TIO; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; UPPER LAYER;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ALGORITHM; BUOYANCY; EKMAN LAYER; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84869023199     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2012.730643     Document Type: Article

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