Analysis of variable scatterometer wind fields in the Benguela upwelling region
Master Thesis
2001
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University of Cape Town
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The dissertation seeked to understand the effectiveness of satellite based data collection of wind fields along the west coast of southern Africa, pertaining to particular synoptic atmospheric systems. A comparison between data from two automatic coastal weather stations and measurements obtained by the NASA scatterometer (NSCAT) for the period 1 December 1996 to 31 May 1997 yielded a correlation coefficient of 70%.
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Bibliography: p. 142-149.
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Johnson, A. 2001. Analysis of variable scatterometer wind fields in the Benguela upwelling region. University of Cape Town.