Microwave backscatter from non-gaussian seas

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-58

  McDaniel, Suzanne T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radar scattering; Sea surface; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MICROWAVES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR; STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS;

MICROWAVE BACKSCATTER; NON-GAUSSIAN WAVE-HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; RADAR SCATTERING; SEA SURFACE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0037243081     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808069     Document Type: Article

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