Spectral properties of ENVISAT ASAR and quikSCAT surface winds in the north sea

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 6096-6115

  Karagali, Ioanna ^a   Guo Larsén, Xiaoli ^a   Badger, Merete ^a   Pe ̃na, Alfredo ^a   Hasager, Charlotte Bay ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

QuikSCAT; SAR; Spatial resolution; Wind spectra

Indexed keywords

SENSORS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND;

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; EFFECTIVE RESOLUTIONS; NEAR-SURFACE OCEAN WINDS; QUIKSCAT; SAR; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; WIND SPECTRUM;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

EID: 84904668910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5116096     Document Type: Article

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