Satellite ocean vector wind observations

• Main Authors: Portabella, Marcos, Stoffelen, Ad, Turiel, Antonio, Ballabrera-Poy, Joaquim
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Española; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/85897

I Encuentro de la Oceanografía Física Española (EOF), 13-15 de octubre 2010, Barcelona Scatterometers are real aperture radars that measure the radar backscatter from wind‐generated cm‐size gravity‐capillary waves and provide high density (12.5‐25 km) global surface wind vector fields over the ocean...