Comparison of the physical optics and small slope theories for polarimetric thermal emission from the sea surface

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 500-504

  Johnson, Joel T ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Passive remote sensing; Radiometry; Rough surface scattering; Thermal emission

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; MICROWAVES; PHYSICAL OPTICS; POLARIMETERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOMETRY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL EMISSIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0036477190     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.992821     Document Type: Article

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