Wind speed estimation in the Tyrrhenian Sea by means of X-band COSMO-SkyMed SAR data

Proceedings of the 2012 Tyrrhenian Workshop on Advances in Radar and Remote Sensing: From Earth Observation to Homeland Security, TyWRRS 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 222-229

  Montuori, Antonio ^a   Migliaccio, Maurizio ^a   Nunziata, Ferdinando ^a   Mascolo, Lucio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azimuth cut off; COSMO SkyMed ; Wind speed; X band

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH CUT-OFF; SAR DATA; TYRRHENIAN SEA; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED ESTIMATIONS; X-BAND;

OBSERVATORIES; REMOTE SENSING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; WIND EFFECTS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84872013885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TyWRRS.2012.6381133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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