An improved geometrical optics model for bistatic GPS scattering from the ocean surface

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2810-2820

  Thompson, Donald R ^a   Elfouhaily, Tanos M ^b,d   Garrison, James L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bistatic scattering; Doppler spectra; First And second order electromagnetic (EM) scattering models; Geometrical optics (GO); Global positioning system (GPS); Kirchhoff model; Physical optics; Polarization dependence; Sea surface reflections

Indexed keywords

BISTATIC SCATTERING; DOPPLER SPECTRA; FIRST- AND SECOND-ORDER ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) SCATTERING MODEL; KIRCHOFF MODEL; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; SEA SURFACE REFLECTIONS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL OPTICS; POLARIZATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

EID: 29044435511     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.857895     Document Type: Article

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