Tower-Based Backscatter Measurements of the Sea

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 309-316

  Chaudhry, A Hameed ^a   Moore, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN PARAMETERS; RADAR BACKSCATTERING; TOWER-BASED BACKSCATTER MEASUREMENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0021585811     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: 15581691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.1984.1145648     Document Type: Article

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