Surface effect of rain on microwave backscatter from the ocean: Measurements and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Contreras, Robert F ^a   Plant, William J ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; WIND EFFECTS;

AZIMUTH; BACKSCATTER; DAMPING; OCEAN WAVE; RAINFALL; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVE; SURFACE WIND;

EID: 33847326765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003356     Document Type: Article

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