Effects of atmospheric boundary layer moisture on friction velocity with implications for SAR imagery

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 1 II, 2000, Pages 618-621

  Babin, Steven M ^a   Thompson, Donald R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Friction velocity; Synthetic aperture radar (sar); Water vapor

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURES; WATER VAPORS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033903603     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.823957     Document Type: Article

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