Improved resolution backscatter measurements with the SeaWinds pencil-beam scatterometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 89-104

  Spencer, Michael W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; FADING (RADIO); METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; THERMAL NOISE; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

PENCIL BEAM SCATTEROMETERS; WIND SCATTEROMETRY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033873527     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.823904     Document Type: Article

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