Radar investigations of breaking water waves at low grazing angles with simultaneous high-speed optical imagery

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Sletten, Mark A ^a   West, Jim C ^b   Liu, Xinan ^c   Duncan, Jim H ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Low grazing angles; Radar scattering

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER WAVES;

BREAKING WATER WAVES; DOPPLER VELOCITY; HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL IMAGERY; LOW GRAZING ANGLES;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0842290204     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002716     Document Type: Article

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