Measurements of the Doppler spectra of breaking waves

IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-157

  Lamont Smith, T ^a,c   Waseda, T ^a   Rheem, C K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; PHASE VELOCITY; SPECTRAL DENSITY; WAVELENGTH;

BREAKING WAVES; GRAZING; LINE OF SIGHT; RADAR FREQUENCY; SPECTRAL WIDTH;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247633144     PISSN: 17518784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn:20060109     Document Type: Article

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