The spatial response function of SeaWinds backscatter measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5151, Issue , 2003, Pages 609-618

  Ashcraft, Ivan S ^a   Long, David G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean winds; QuikSCAT; Radar backscatter; Radar equation; Scatterometer; SeaWinds

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; SAMPLING;

OCEAN WINDS; QUIKSCAT; RADAR BACKSCATTER; RADAR EQUATION; SCATTEROMETER; SEAWINDS;

WIND;

EID: 2342538951     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.506255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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