Ray analysis of low-grazing scattering from a breaking water wave

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2725-2727

  West, James C ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RAY TRACING; WATER WAVES;

LOW-GRAZING ANGLE BACKSCATTERING; RAY OPTICAL METHODS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033224772     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.803420     Document Type: Article

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