Effect of the observation length on the two-dimensional shadowing function of the sea surface: Application on infrared 3-13-mm emissivity

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3433-3442

  Bourlier, Christophe ^a   Saillard, Joseph ^a   Berginc, Gérard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

SEA SURFACE;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 0001246892     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003433     Document Type: Article

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