Measurement of ocean surface winds using synthetic aperture radars

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 508-515

  Horstmann, Jochen ^a   Koch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ocean winds; Polarization ratio (PR); Radar backscatter; Remote sensing; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR IMAGING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND;

IMAGE GEOMETRY; NORMALIZED RADAR CROSS SECTION; OCEAN WINDS; POLARIZATION RATIO; RADAR BACKSCATTER;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 33144480853     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2005.857514     Document Type: Article

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