The influence of oblique waves on the azimuthal response of a ku-band scatterometer: A laboratory study

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 36-47

  Reul, Nicolas ^a   Branger, Hubert ^b   Bliven, Larry F ^a,b   Giovanangeli, Jean Paul ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Azimuthal response; Oblique waves; Scatterometer; Sea surface

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; MICROWAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

AZIMUTHAL RESPONSES; OBLIQUE WAVES; SCATTEROMETERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032751983     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.739094     Document Type: Article

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