Monte-carlo simulation studies of the nonlinear imaging of a two dimensional surface wave field by a synthetic aperture radar

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 1695-1727

  Br Ü Ning, Claus ^a   Alpers, Werner ^b   Hasselmann, Klaus ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS--MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADAR--SYNTHETIC APERTURE; REMOTE SENSING;

BRAGG SCATTERING; REAL APERTURE RADAR (RAR); TWO-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE WAVE FIELD; VELOCITY;

WATER WAVES;

HYDRODYNAMIC MODULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MOTION EFFECT; OCEAN SURFACE WAVE; SAR;

EID: 0025573328     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169008955125     Document Type: Article

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