Manifestations of the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 in satellite nadirviewing radar backscatter variations

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6361-6371

  Troitskaya, Y I ^a   Ermakov, S A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; MODULATION; SEA LEVEL; SPACE-BASED RADAR; TSUNAMIS;

COMPLEMENTARY DATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVELENGTHS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; THIN BOUNDARY LAYERS;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NADIR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 54949106660     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802175348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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