NSCAT normalized radar backscattering coefficient biases using homogenous land targets

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C5, 1999, Pages 11557-11568

  Zec, Josko ^a   Long, David G ^b   Jones, W Linwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; LAND SURFACE; NSCAT; SATELLITE SENSOR; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND;

EID: 0033562250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900098     Document Type: Article

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