C-band cross-polarization wind speed retrieval

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 456-459

  Vachon, Paris W ^a   Wolfe, John ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

C band; RADARSAT 2; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); wind speed

Indexed keywords

C-BAND; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; HIGH WIND SPEED; INCIDENCE ANGLES; POLARIZATION RATIOS; RADARSAT-2; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGERY; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

BACKSCATTERING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; SPEED; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRACKING RADAR; WIND EFFECTS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 79955521849     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2010.2085417     Document Type: Article

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