QuikSCAT mission / Medium-Range Weather Forecasts EUMETSAT European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory KNMI Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute MLE Maximum Likelihood Estimator NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NWP Numerical Weather Prediction OSCAT Scatterometer / Indian Space Research Organisation / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission / ASCAT Advanced SCATterometer ECMWF European Centre / /