Signature of lighthouses, ships, and small islands in altimeter waveforms

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1143-1146

  Tournadre, Jean ^a  

^a TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALTIMETER WAVEFORM; SEA SURFACE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ALTIMETER; BACKSCATTER; ECHO SOUNDER; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOMETRY; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 34347377425     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH2030.1     Document Type: Article

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