Microwave analytical backscattering models from randomly rough anisotropic sea surface-comparison with experimental data in C and KU bands

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2002, Pages 31-78

  Bourlier, C ^a   Berginc, G ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN COMMUNICATIONS ET CYBERNÉTIQUE DE NANTES   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; BACKSCATTERING MODELS; BESSEL FUNCTIONS OF THE FIRST KIND; CARTESIAN COORDINATE; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; RADAR BACKSCATTERING; SMALL PERTURBATION METHOD; SMALL SLOPE APPROXIMATION;

ANISOTROPY; BACKSCATTERING; POLARIZATION; RADAR;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 15944367831     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER01100801     Document Type: Article

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