An analysis of a rotating, range-gated, fanbeam spaceborne scatterometer concept

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2000, Pages 2114-2121

  Lin, Chung Chi ^a   Rommen, Björn ^a   Wilson, J J W ^a   Impagnatiello, F ^b   Park, Peter S ^b  

^a European Space Agency (ESTEC/APP FPE)   (Netherlands)

^b Moon Maiden BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ocean wind; Range gating; Rotating fanbeam; Scatterometry; Spaceborne radar

Indexed keywords

TRACKING RADAR; WIND;

SCATTEROMETERS; SPACEBORNE RADAR SYSTEMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0034269408     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.868870     Document Type: Article

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