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Publications Citing QuikSCAT Data

List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using QuikSCAT data.

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Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic	Dataset
Simulation of Marine Debris Path Using Mathematical Model in the Gulf of Thailand	2022	Phiphit, Jettapol, Wangwongchai, Angkool, Humphries, Usa Wannasingha	Ocean Currents	Ocean Surface Current Analyses Real-time (OSCAR) Surface Currents - Interim 0.25 Degree (Version 2.0)
Seasonal cycle of Sea Surface Salinity in the Angola upwelling system	2022	Awo, F. M., Rouault, M., Ostrowski, M., Tomety, F. S., DaAllada, C. Y., Jouanno, J.	Ocean Currents	Ocean Surface Current Analyses Real-time (OSCAR) Surface Currents - Final 0.25 Degree (Version 2.0)
Role of Sea Surface Physical Processes in MixedLayer Temperature Changes During Summer Marine Heat Waves in the ChilePeru Current System	2022	Cooley, Kylene M., Fewings, Melanie R., Lerczak, James A., ONeill, Larry W., Brown, Kevin S.	Surface Winds, Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 4.1
Satellite Detection of a Massive Phytoplankton Bloom Following the 2022 Submarine Eruption of the Hunga TongaHunga Haapai Volcano	2022	Barone, B., Letelier, R. M., Rubin, K. H., Karl, D. M.	Sea Surface Temperature, Ocean Currents	MODIS Aqua Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime V2019.0 Ocean Surface Current Analyses Real-time (OSCAR) Surface Currents - Near Real Time 0.25 Degree (Version 2.0) MODIS Terra Level 3 SST Thermal IR Daily 4km Daytime V2019.0
QuikSCAT climatological data record: Land contamination flagging and correction	2022	Fore, Alexander G., Stiles, Bryan W., Strub, Paul Ted, West, Richard D.	SIGMA NAUGHT	SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Level 1B Time-Ordered Earth-Located Sigma0 Version 2
Supporting Predictive Maintenance of a Ship by Analysis of Onboard Measurements	2022	Liu, Shukui, Chen, Haoliang, Shang, Baoguo, Papanikolaou, Apostolos	Ocean Currents	Ocean Surface Current Analyses Real-time (OSCAR) Surface Currents - Near Real Time 0.25 Degree (Version 2.0)
Three decades of global trends in urban microwave backscatter, building volume and city GDP	2022	Frolking, Steve, Mahtta, Richa, Milliman, Tom, Seto, Karen C.	Reflectance, Sustainability, Urbanization/Urban Sprawl	Global Monthly and Seasonal Urban and Land Backscatter Time Series, 1993-2020
Estimating tropical cyclone surface winds: Current status, emerging technologies, historical evolution, and a look to the future	2021	Knaff, John A., Sampson, Charles R., Kucas, Matthew E., Slocum, Christopher J., Brennan, Michael J., Meissner, Thomas, Ricciardulli, Lucrezia, Mouche, Alexis, Reul, Nicolas, Morris, Mary, Chirokova, Galina, Caroff, Philippe	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Islands as eddy transformation and generation hotspots: Cabo Verde case study	2020	Cardoso, Claudio, Caldeira, Rui M.A., Relvas, Paulo, Stegner, Alexandre	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Further Insights on the Effects of Surfactants on Internal Wave SAR Signatures by Means of the Co-Polarized Phase Difference	2020	de Macedo, Carina R., da Silva, Jose C. B.	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Balanced Cloud Radiative Effects Across a Range of Dynamical Conditions	2018	Wall, Casey J., Hartmann, Dennis L.	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Seasonality of the Mindanao Current/Undercurrent System	2018	Ren, Qiuping, Li, Yuanlong, Wang, Fan, Song, Lina, Liu, Chuanyu, Zhai, Fangguo	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Satellite Observations of Enhanced Chlorophyll Variability in the	2018	Kilpatrick, Thomas, Xie, ShangPing, Miller, Arthur J., Schneider, Niklas	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
An updated geophysical model for WindSat observations	2017	Bettenhausen, M.H., Anguelova, M.D.	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Large-scale anomalies in sea-surface temperature and air-sea fluxes during wind relaxation events off the United States West Coast in summer	2017	Flynn, Kayla R., Fewings, Melanie R., Gotschalk, Christopher, Lombardo, Kelly	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Large-scale structure in wind forcing over the California Current System in summer	2017	Fewings, Melanie R.	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3.1
Diurnal Convection-Wind Coupling in the Bay of Bengal	2017	Kilpatrick, Thomas, Xie, ShangPing, Nasuno, Tomoe	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
The Gulf Stream convergence zone in the time-mean winds	2017	ONeill, Larry W., Haack, Tracy, Chelton, Dudley B., Skyllingstad, Eric	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Surface winds off Peru-Chile: observing closer to the coast from radar altimetry	2017	Astudillo, O., Dewitte, B., Mallet, M., Frappart, F., Rutllant, J.A., Ramos, M., Bravo, L., Goubanova, K., Illig, S.	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Turbulent kinetic energy of the ocean winds over the K uroshio E xtension from Q uik SCAT winds (19992009)	2017	Yu, Kai, Dong, Changming, King, Gregory P.	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Adjustment of the summertime marine atmospheric boundary layer to the	2016	Monteiro, Isabel T., Santos, Aires J., BeloPereira, Margarida, Oliveira, Paulo B.	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
In situ and satellite evaluation of airsea flux variation near ocean temperature gradients	2016	Plagge, Amanda, Edson, James B., Vandemark, Douglas	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3
Estimation of time-averaged surface divergence and vorticity from satellite ocean vector winds	2015	ONeill, Larry W., Haack, Tracy, Durland, Theodore	Surface Winds	QuikSCAT Level 2B Ocean Wind Vectors in 12.5km Slice Composites Version 3

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