Identification of possible wave damping by rain using TOPEX and TMR data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-48

  Chen, Ge ^a,b   Chapron, Bertrand ^b   Tournadre, Jean ^b   Katsaros, Kristina ^b   Vandemark, Douglas ^c  

^a Ocean Remote Sensing Lab Stt E   (China)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c Wallops Flight Facil Goddard S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; RAIN;

MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; RADAR ALTIMETERS; WAVE DAMPING BY RAIN (WDBR);

REMOTE SENSING;

GLOBAL RAINFALL; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING DATA; WAVE DAMPING;

EID: 0031973991     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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