Modelling X-band sea clutter at moderate grazing angles

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Radar, Radar 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 569-574

  Crisp, David J ^a   Kyprianou, Ross ^b   Rosenberg, Luke ^a   Stacy, Nick J S ^a  

^a Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PLATFORMS; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; BACKSCATTER DATUMS; BRAGG SCATTERINGS; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL MODELS; GRAZING ANGLES; HIGH ALTITUDES; IMAGING GEOMETRIES; MARITIME RADARS; MEASURED DATUMS; NEW MODELS; OCEAN SURFACES; PLATEAU REGIONS; SEA CLUTTERS;

BACKSCATTERING; RADAR; RADAR SYSTEMS;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 56749172401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2008.4653988     Document Type: Conference Paper

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