The effect of artificial rain on wave spectra and multi-polarisation X band radar backscatter

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4305-4323

  Braun, N ^a   Gade, M ^a   Lange, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; POLARIZATION; RAIN; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SCATTEROMETER;

REMOTE SENSING;

BACKSCATTER; RADAR; RAINDROP; SCATTEROMETER; WAVE HEIGHT; WIND-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 0037057570     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160110106032     Document Type: Article

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