Processing and validation of ERS-1 scatterometer data at the Italian PAF

The results of the I-PAF scatterometer data processing chain on two different data sets are shown and analyzed; in particular the problems arising from data measured over closed areas such as the Mediterranean Sea are focused.<<ETX>>

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