On the theory of electromagnetic waves scattering from the sea surface at low grazing angles

Radio Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1519-1530

  Voronovich, A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SURFACES; CURVE FITTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; SURFACE WATERS;

LOW GRAZING ANGLES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; SURFACE SCATTERING;

BACKSCATTERING CROSS SECTION; COMPOSITE SURFACE; GRAZING ANGLES; INCIDENT FIELDS; LOW GRAZING ANGLES; SEA SURFACES; TANGENT PLANE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

EID: 0030288626     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96RS02250     Document Type: Article

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