Revised ocean backscatter models at C and Ku band under high-wind conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C5, 1999, Pages 11485-11497

  Donnelly, William J ^a   Carswell, James R ^a   McIntosh, Robert E ^a   Chang, Paul S ^b   Wilkerson, John ^b   Marks, Frank ^c   Black, Peter G ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BACKSCATTER; MODEL; SCATTEROMETER; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE WIND; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0033562256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900030     Document Type: Article

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