An L-band ocean geophysical model function derived from PALSAR

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1925-1936

  Isoguchi, Osamu ^a   Shimada, Masanobu ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

L band geophysical model function (GMF); Ocean surface wind speed detection; Phased Array L Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR); Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MODELS; GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTION; INCIDENCE ANGLES; KU-BAND; L-BAND GEOPHYSICAL MODEL FUNCTION (GMF); L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; MODEL FUNCTIONS; NORMALIZED RADAR CROSS SECTION; OCEAN SURFACE WIND-SPEED DETECTION; OCEAN SURFACE WINDS; PHASED ARRAYS; PHASED-ARRAY L-BAND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (PALSAR); ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SCATTEROMETER; STRONG WINDS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SENSITIVITY; WIND SPEED; WIND VECTORS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; GEOPHYSICS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; SPEED; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; WIND EFFECTS;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADAR; SCATTEROMETER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 67651171229     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2010864     Document Type: Article

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