A numerical study of the composite surface model for ocean backscattering

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 72-83

  Johnson, Joel T ^a   Shin, Robert T ^a   Kong, Jin Au ^b   Tsang, Leung ^b   Pak, Kyung ^b  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACES;

COMPOSITE SURFACE MODEL; OCEAN BACKSCATTERING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0031647350     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.655319     Document Type: Article

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