Transitions in the polarimetric radar scattering properties of the sea surface

IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-264

  Anderson, S ^a   Morris, J ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION PROCESS; ELEVATION ANGLE; IF THERE ARE; LARGE PARTS; POLARIMETRIC RADARS; POLARISATION; RADAR PERFORMANCE; SCATTERING GEOMETRIES; SEA CLUTTERS; SEA SURFACES; SEA-SURFACE CONDITIONS; SHARP TRANSITION; TARGET DETECTABILITY; WAVE FORMS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; RADAR CLUTTER;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953501987     PISSN: 17518784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2009.0095     Document Type: Article

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