Ku-Band Radar Altimeter Surface Wind Speed Algorithm

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 276-298

  Abdalla, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atmospheric model; backscatter; ECMWF; Envisat; ERS 2; Jason radar altimeter; retrieval algorithm; significant wave height; verification; wind speed

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BACKSCATTER; ENVISAT-1; ERS-2; JASON-1; OCEAN WAVE; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SEA STATE; SURFACE WIND; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84872312852     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2012.718676     Document Type: Article

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