On the interpretation of SAR imagery from the Sea Empress oil spill

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 789-795

  Jones, B ^a   Mitchelson Jacob, E G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; OIL SPILLS; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

OIL SPILLS MONITORING;

REMOTE SENSING;

BACKSCATTER; OIL CONTAMINANTS; OIL SPILL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SAR; SEA EMPRESS; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE WIND; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVE SPECTRUM;

UK, WALES, PEMBROKESHIRE, MILFORD HAVEN;

EID: 0032030418     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698216026     Document Type: Article

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