Airborne Scatterometers: Investigating Ocean Backscatter Under Low- and High-Wind Conditions

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 1835-1860

  Carswell, James R ^a   Mcintosh, Robert E ^a   Carson, Steven C ^b   Li, Fuk K ^c   Neumann, Gregory ^c   Nghiem, S V ^c   Mclaughlin, David J ^d   Wilkerson, John C ^e   Black, Peter G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ARCO Power Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR REFLECTION; VECTORS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRBORNE SCATTEROMETERS; OCEAN BACKSCATTERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0028730849     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.338074     Document Type: Article

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