High-resolution imaging of the ocean surface backscatter by inversion of altimeter waveforms

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1050-1062

  Tournadre, Jean ^a   Chapron, Bertrand ^a   Reul, Nicolas ^a  

^a Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

Instrumentation sensors; Radars radar observations; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER WAVEFORM; BACKSCATTER COEFFICIENTS; ECHO WAVEFORMS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IMAGING MATRICES; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; OCEAN SURFACES; PSEUDO-INVERSES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACES; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SMALL ISLAND; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; SUBMERGED REEFS; WAVE FORMS;

BACKSCATTERING; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALTIMETER; BACKSCATTER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WIND;

EID: 80052364206     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JTECHO820.1     Document Type: Article

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