Understanding target-like signals in coastal altimetry: Experimentation of a tomographic imaging technique

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Scozzari, A ^a   Gomez Enri J ^b   Vignudelli, S ^c   Soldovieri, F ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NETWORK SECURITY; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; SEA LEVEL;

CIRCULATION CHANGES; COASTAL REGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY; ENVISAT; HIGH IMPACT; HYPERBOLIC PATTERN; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; NW MEDITERRANEAN; PARTICULAR CONDITION; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; RADAR RETURNS; SATELLITE RADAR; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACES; SIGNAL CONTAMINATION; SOCIETAL ISSUES; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; WATER AREAS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

COASTAL ZONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ENVISAT-1; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SIGNAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; PIANOSA; TUSCAN ARCHIPELAGO; TUSCANY;

EID: 84856200158     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050237     Document Type: Article

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