Response of microwave cross sections of the sea to wind fluctuations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C5, 1996, Pages 12149-12161

  Weissman, David E ^a   Plant, William J ^b   Stolte, Siegfried ^c  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCTUATIONS; MICROWAVES; SEA SURFACE; WIND SPEED;

EID: 0029949719     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC00558     Document Type: Article

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