Improvement in air–sea flux estimates derived from satellite observations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5243-5261

  Bentamy, Abderrahim ^a   Desbiolles, Fabien ^a,e   Grodsky, Semyon A ^b   Katsaros, Kristina ^c   Mestas Nuñez, Alberto M ^d   Blanke, Bruno ^e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^e Centre Bretagne   (France)

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EID: 85009568116     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.787502     Document Type: Article

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