Random walk based characterisation of radar backscatter from the sea surface

IEE Proceedings: Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 216-224

  Di Bisceglie, M ^a   Galdi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Model validation; Radar backscatter; Random walk; Sea surface

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COMPOUND-GAUSSIAN PROCESSES;

RADAR THEORY;

EID: 0032131604     PISSN: 13502395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-rsn:19982127     Document Type: Article

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