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On dropsonde surface-adjusted winds and their use for the stepped frequency microwave radiometer wind speed calibration

Polverari et al., 2022

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8955393902876201212
Author
Polverari F
Sapp J
Portabella M
Stoffelen A
Jelenak Z
Chang P
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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

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The airborne stepped frequency microwave radiometer (SFMR) provides the measurements of 10-m ocean surface wind speed in high and extreme wind conditions. These winds are calibrated using the surface-adjusted wind estimates from the so-called dropsondes. The …
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