Space-based GNSS scatterometry: Ocean wind sensing using an empirically calibrated model

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4853-4863

  Gleason, Scott ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bistatic radar; Cyclone GNSS (CYGNSS); Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS); GPS; reflectometry; scatterometry; wind sensing

Indexed keywords

BISTATIC RADARS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; REFLECTOMETRY; SCATTEROMETRY; WIND SENSING;

BUOYS; ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADAR CROSS SECTION; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

MEASUREMENTS;

CALIBRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; GNSS; GPS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTEROMETER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84883791931     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2230401     Document Type: Article

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