Validation of Qscat-1 Geophysical Model Function Using Seawinds L2a and Buoy Data
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Xuetong Xie, Qiming Zeng , Weidong Hu , Wenxian Yu, Kehai Chen , Yu Fang 1 College of Electric Science and Egineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, P. R. China 2 Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China 3 South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, P. R. China E-mail: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2008