Inferring rough surface parameters from average scattering data using approximate scattering models. 2. Pierson-Moskowitz spectrum

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 835-843

  Marchand, Roger T ^a   Brown, Gary S ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND; SPEED;

OCEAN-LIKE HEIGHT SPECTRA; PIERSON-MOSKOWITZ SPECTRUM; WIND SPEED;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; WIND;

CONFIDENCE LIMIT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVELENGTHS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PIERSON-MOSKOWITZ SPECTRUM; SCATTERING DATA; SCATTERING MODEL; SURFACE SPECTRA; TWO-SCALE MODEL;

EID: 0032120319     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS01101     Document Type: Article

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