Dual-polarized Ku-band backscatter signatures of hurricane ocean winds

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 73-88

  Yueh, Simon H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

DUAL POLARIZED KU BAND BACKSCATTER SIGNATURES; OCEAN SURFACE WIND MEASUREMENTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033908059     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.823903     Document Type: Article

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