The Dependence of S–band Sea Surface Brightness and Temperature on Wind Vector at Normal Incidence

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 1085-1088

  Trokhimovski, Yuri G ^a   Grechko, Svetlana I ^b   Etkin, Valentin S ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IKI RAN ^*  (Russian Federation)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

NORMAL INCIDENCE; S-BAND SEA SURFACE BRIGHTNESS; WIND VECTOR;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0029338499     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.406696     Document Type: Article

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