A new airborne system for simultaneous high-resolution ocean vector current and wind mapping: first demonstration of the SeaSTAR mission concept in the macrotidal Iroise Sea

McCann, David L.; Martin, Adrien C. H.; de Macedo, Karlus A. C.; Carrasco Alvarez, Ruben; Horstmann, Jochen; Marié, Louis; Márquez-Martínez, José; Portabella, Marcos; Meta, Adriano; Gommenginger, Christine; Martin-Iglesias, Petronilo; Casal, Tania

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1109-2024

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09 Sep 2024

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A new airborne system for simultaneous high-resolution ocean vector current and wind mapping: first demonstration of the SeaSTAR mission concept in the macrotidal Iroise Sea

David L. McCann, Adrien C. H. Martin, Karlus A. C. de Macedo, Ruben Carrasco Alvarez, Jochen Horstmann, Louis Marié, José Márquez-Martínez, Marcos Portabella, Adriano Meta, Christine Gommenginger, Petronilo Martin-Iglesias, and Tania Casal

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