The SeaSat-A Satellite Scatterometer

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1977, Pages 200-206

  Grantham, William L ^a   Bracalente, Emedio M ^a   Jones, W Linwood ^a   Johnson, James W ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; OCEAN ENGINEERING - INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY - INSTRUMENTS; SENSORS;

SCATTEROMETERS; WIND SENSORS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0017482539     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: 15581691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.1977.1145338     Document Type: Article

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