An empirical approach for the retrieval of integral ocean wave parameters from synthetic aperture radar data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Schulz Stellenfleth, Johannes ^a   Konig T ^a   Lehner, S ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; GRAPHIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER WAVES;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; RADAR IMAGERY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WAVE SPECTRUM;

EID: 34249820818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003970     Document Type: Article

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