Dominant wave directions and significant wave heights from synthetic aperture radar imagery of the ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C2, 1997, Pages 3473-3482

  Plant, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN; RADAR; SAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 0030999441     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC03674     Document Type: Article

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