Airborne measurements of the ocean radar cross section at 5.3 GHz as a function of wind speed

Radio Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 845-856

  Feindt, Folkart ^a   Wismann, Volkmar ^a   Alpers, Werner ^a   Keller, William C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS; SEAWATER - MEASUREMENTS;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; COHERENT SCATTEROMETER; NORMALIZED RADAR CROSS SECTION (NRCS); OCEAN RADAR CROSS SECTION; WIND SPEED;

RADAR;

EID: 0022783739     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: 1944799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/RS021i005p00845     Document Type: Article

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