Satellite detection of natural films on the ocean surface

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 3151-3154

  Espedal, Heidi A ^a   Johannessen, Ola M ^a,c   Knulst, Johan ^b  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; HEAT FLUX; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWATER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; EARTH (PLANET); FATTY ACIDS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; RADAR;

NATURAL FILM DISTRIBUTIONS; SATELLITE DETECTION; SEA SURFACE FILMS; SURFACE MICROLAYERS;

NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

DETECTION; NATURAL FILM COMPOSITION; OCEAN SURFACE; RADAR; SAR; SURFACE FILM; SURFACE FILMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EARTH'S CLIMATE; GLOBAL SCALE; OCEAN SURFACES; ORGANIC COMPOSITIONS; RADAR BACKSCATTER; RADAR RETURNS; SATELLITE DETECTION; SURFACE MICROLAYER;

EID: 0030292177     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03009     Document Type: Article

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