Azimuthal variations of the microwave radiation from a slightly non-Gaussian sea surface

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-82

  Irisov, V G ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICS; VECTORS; WATER WAVES; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LUMINANCE; TEMPERATURE;

AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; LONG WAVES; SMALL PERTURBATION EXPANSION; SMALL SLOPE EXPANSION;

MICROWAVES; SURFACE WATERS;

AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; GAUSSIAN STATISTICS; NON-GAUSSIAN SEA; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SECOND HARMONICS;

EID: 0033884162     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900104     Document Type: Article

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