Simultaneous measurement of ocean winds and waves with an airborne coherent real aperture radar

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 832-846

  Plant, William J ^a   Keller, William C ^a   Hayes, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRBORNE RADAR; COHERENT REAL APPERTURE RADAR; OCEAN WINDS; SCATTEROMETER; WIND SPEED; WIND VECTORS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DOPPLER RADAR; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND WAVE;

EID: 20444482377     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1724.1     Document Type: Article

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