Mitigation of Sea Ice Contamination in QuikSCAT Wind Retrieval

Satellite borne radar scatterometers provide frequent estimates of near surface wind vectors over the Earth's oceans. However in the polar oceans, the presence of sea ice in or near the measurement footprint can adversely a ect scatterometer measurements resulting in inaccurate wind estimates....

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Main Author: Hullinger, Weston Jay
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2012
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3412
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4411&context=etd