Effects of foam on ocean surface microwave emission inferred from radiometric observations of reproducible breaking waves

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 569-582

  Padmanabhan, Sharmila ^a,b   Rose, L A ^a,c,d   Gaiser, Peter W ^a,c,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AMERICAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^e WindSat Spaceborne Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer Demonstration Project

Author keywords

Fractional area foam coverage; Microwave emissivity; Microwave radiometer; Microwave radiometry; Ocean surface; Wind speed; Wind vector; WindSat

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONAL AREA FOAM COVERAGE; MICROWAVE EMISSIVITY; OCEAN SURFACE; WINDSAT;

MICROWAVES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIMETERS; SATELLITES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 33244464050     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.870234     Document Type: Article

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