Numerical calculation of electromagnetic scattering from measured wind-roughened water surfaces

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1377-1393

  West, J C ^a   O'Leary, B S ^a,c   Klinke, J ^b  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SURFACE WATERS; WIND EFFECTS;

WIND ROUGHENED WATER SURFACES;

REMOTE SENSING;

ASYMMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SURFACE WATER; WAVES; WIND FORCING;

EID: 0032079238     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698215504     Document Type: Article

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