The effects of water temperature on radar scattering from the water surface: An X-band laboratory study

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-294

  Zheng, Quanan ^a   Yan, Xiao Hai ^a   Huang, Norden E ^b   Klemas, Vic ^a   Pan, Jiayi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Effects of water temperature; Radar scattering; X band

Indexed keywords

RADAR; SCATTEROMETER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031462927     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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