Observation and characterization of radar backscatter over Greenland

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-237

  Ashcraft, Ivan S ^a   Long, David G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical model; European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS); Greenland ice sheet; NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT); Scatterometer

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAPPING; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADAR CROSS SECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EMPIRICAL MODELS; EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE (ERS); GREENLAND ICE SHEET; NASA SCATTEROMETER (NSCAT); SCATTEROMETERS;

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 13144268613     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.841484     Document Type: Article

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