Strong Fluctuation Theory for Scattering, Attenuation, and Transmission of Microwaves Through Snowfall

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-23, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 754-760

  Jin, Ya Qiu ^a   Kong, Jin Au ^b  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW AND SNOWFALL;

SNOWFALL MODEL; STRONG FLUCTUATION THEORY;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0022120578     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1985.289394     Document Type: Article

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