Comparison between CCMP, QuikSCAT and buoy winds along the Iberian Peninsula coast

Ocean surface wind data derived from several QuikSCAT products and the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) project were compared to wind speed and direction measurements, in order to assess which one of these databases has higher accuracy and ability to describe the local wind regime characterist...

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Main Author: Carvalho, D. (author)
Other Authors: Rocha, A. (author), Gómez-Gesteira, M. (author), Alvarez, I. (author), Silva Santos, C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/23849
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/23849