The observation of the surface roughness characteristics of the Rhine plume frontal boundaries by simultaneous airborne thematic mapper and multifrequency helicopter-borne radar scatterometer

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2021-2033

  Matthews, J P ^a   Wismann, V R ^b   Lwiza, K ^a   Romeiser, R ^c   Hennings, I ^d   Deloor, G P ^e  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Applied Remote Sensing   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; HELICOPTERS; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED IMAGING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIDES;

AIRBORNE THEMATIC MAPPER (ATM); MULTIFREQUENCY HELICOPTER BORNE RADAR SCATTEROMETER; RHINE PLUME;

REMOTE SENSING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; FRONTAL BOUNDARIES; INFRARED IMAGERY; OCEANIC FRONTS; RADAR SCATTEROMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER PLUME; RIVER PLUMES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TM;

NORTH SEA, RHINE PLUME;

EID: 0031164731     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218007     Document Type: Article

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