Microwave vector radiative transfer equation of a sea foam layer by the second-order Rayleigh approximation

Radio Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Wei, En Bo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATED-BUBBLE; DILUTE LIMIT; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; EMISSIVE PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FOAM LAYERS; MICROWAVE EMISSIVITY; MICROWAVE WAVELENGTHS; PEAK VALUES; PERTURBATION METHOD; RAYLEIGH; RAYLEIGH APPROXIMATION; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SEA FOAM; SEA SURFACES; SECOND ORDERS; SPHERICAL BUBBLES; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VOLUME SCATTERING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SCATTERING; SEAWATER;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 80053586656     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011RS004668     Document Type: Article

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