Wind-direction dependence of quasi-2D SAR signatures

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1887-1889

  Sikora, Todd D ^a   Young, George S ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BACKSCATTERING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR SIGNATURES; THERMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY; WIND DIRECTION DEPENDENCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0036028738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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