On the reduction of the radar backscatter by oceanic surface films: Scatterometer measurements and their theoretical interpretation

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-70

  Gade, Martin ^a   Alpers, Werner ^a   Hühnerfuss, Heinrich ^a   Wismann, Volkmar R ^b   Lange, Philipp A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute for Applied Remote Sensing   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL WATERWAYS ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND EFFECTS;

BRAGG WAVENUMBER; MARANGONI DAMPING THEORY; OCEANIC SURFACE FILMS; RADAR BACKSCATTER;

REMOTE SENSING;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BACKSCATTER; FILM; POLLUTION MONITORING; SCATTEROMETER; SEA SURFACE;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0032184245     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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