Microwave sea return at moderate to high incidence angles

Waves Random Media

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-354

  Plant, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THEOREM PROVING;

BRAGG BACKSCATTERING; HIGH INCEDENCE ANGLE; MICROWAVE SEA RETURN;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0242305945     PISSN: 09597174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0959-7174/13/4/009     Document Type: Article

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