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Use of an optimum interpolation method to construct a high-resolution global ocean surface vector wind dataset from active scatterometers and passive radiometers

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Pages 5569-5591 | Received 23 Sep 2016, Accepted 02 Jun 2017, Published online: 22 Jun 2017

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