Natural and man-made sea slicks in the North Sea investigated by a helicopter-borne 5-frequency radar scatterometer

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1567-1582

  Huhnerfuss H ^a   Alpers, W ^a   Dannhauer, H ^a   Gade, M ^a   Lange, P A ^b   Neumann, V ^a   Wismann, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL WATERWAYS ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Institute for Applied Remote Sensing   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ETHANOL; FATTY ACIDS; RADAR EQUIPMENT; SOLVENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

FIVE FREQUENCY MULTIPOLARIZATION RADAR SCATTEROMETER; MAN MADE SEA SLICKS; NATURAL SEA SLICKS;

REMOTE SENSING;

HELICOPETER-BORNE; RADAR IMAGERY; SCATTEROMETER; SLICKS;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0029668934     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169608945364     Document Type: Article

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