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Water covers over 70 % of our planet’s surface. The oceans interact with atmosphere to control and regulate environment on the Earth. Fed by the Sun, the interaction of land, ocean, and atmosphere produces the phenomena of weather and climate. Information on surface wind vector and wave height is assimilated into regional and global numerical weather and wave models, thereby extending and improving our ability to predict future weather patterns and sea/ocean surface conditions (Long et al. 1996).
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Nekrasov, A. (2014). Introduction. In: Foundations for Innovative Application of Airborne Radars. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00621-5_1
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