L-band passive and active microwave geophysical model functions of ocean surface winds and applications to Aquarius retrieval

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4619-4632

  Yueh, Simon H ^a   Tang, Wenqing ^a   Fore, Alexander G ^a   Neumann, Gregory ^a   Hayashi, Akiko ^a   Freedman, Adam ^a   Chaubell, Julian ^a   Lagerloef, Gary S E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EARTH AND SPACE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave remote sensing; ocean wind; radar; radiometer

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; DIRECTION DEPENDENCE; GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTION; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; OCEAN WINDS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

GEOPHYSICS; RADAR; RADIOMETERS;

WIND EFFECTS;

ALGORITHM; AQUARIUS; BACKSCATTER; ERROR ANALYSIS; OCEAN; PALSAR; QUIKSCAT; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE; SSM-I; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

TULIP BREAKING VIRUS;

EID: 84883896470     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2266915     Document Type: Article

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