Small-slope predictions of microwave backscatter from the sea surface

Waves Random Media

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 343-360

  McDaniel, Suzanne T ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MICROWAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MICROWAVE BACKSCATTER; SMALL-SLOPE APPROXIMATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0035393375     PISSN: 09597174     EISSN: 13616676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13616670109409789     Document Type: Article

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