On radar imaging of ocean phenomena

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 565, 2004, Pages 141-148

  Kudryavtsev, V ^a,b   Akimov, D ^c   Johannessen, J A ^b   Johannessen, O M ^b   Chapron, B ^d  

^a MARINE HYDROPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center   (Russian Federation)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); NORMALIZED RADAR CROSS SECTION (NRCS); RADAR SCATTERING; RADAR SIGNATURES;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 18644370842     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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