Ocean surface determination from X-band radar-image sequences

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Dankert, H ^a   Rosenthal, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inversion; Marine radar; Ocean surface

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; PIXEL; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 3042717910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002130     Document Type: Article

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