Polarization properties of the GPS signal scattered off a wind-driven ocean

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 172-188

  Zuffada, Cinzia ^a   Fung, Adrian ^b   Parker, Jay ^a   Okolicanyi, Marco ^c   Huang, Edith ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bistatic scattering from rough surfaces; GPS ocean reflections; Scattering calculation with parallel computers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSCEIVERS; WIND EFFECTS;

BISTATIC RADAR; OCEAN REFLECTIONS; OCEAN REMOTE SENSING; WIND VECTOR; WIND-DRIVEN OCEAN;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 1542315991     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.822438     Document Type: Article

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