The advanced scatterometer (ascat) on the meteorological operational (MetOp) platform: A follow on for european wind scatterometers

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 404-412

  Figa Saldana J ^a   Wilson, J J W ^a   Attema, E ^b   Gelsthorpe, R ^b   Drinkwater, M R ^b   Stoffelen, A ^c  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; GROUND PROCESSING; OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES; SCATTEROMETER MEASUREMENTS; SCATTEROMETERS; WEATHER ANALYSIS; WIND SCATTEROMETERS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84878145996     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m02-035     Document Type: Article

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