Radar Scattering Behavior of Estuarine Outflow Plumes

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 367-379

  Zhang, Xuehu ^a   Twarog, Elizabeth M ^b   McLaughlin, David J ^c   Sletten, Mark A ^b   Marmorino, George O ^b   Trump, Clifford L ^b   Allan, Nicholas ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Polarization; Radar imaging; Sea coast

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAPPING; MONITORING; RADAR IMAGING; RESONANCE; SEDIMENTS;

RADAR SCATTERING; SEA COAST;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 1442312095     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.821056     Document Type: Article

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