Whitecaps and the passive remote sensing of the ocean surface

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 627-642

  Monahan, Edward C ^a   O’Muircheartaigh, Iognaid G ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING - MEASUREMENTS; SEAWATER - SURFACES;

OCEAN DATA; SURFACE-SEA WATER; WHITECAPS; WIND DURATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0022557705     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431168608954716     Document Type: Article

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