Dielectric and radiative properties of sea foam at microwave frequencies: Conceptual understanding of foam emissivity

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1162-1189

  Anguelova, Magdalena D ^a   Gaiser, Peter W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Foam dielectric properties; Foam fraction; Foam permittivity; Passive remote sensing; Sea foam; Whitecap fraction; Whitecaps

Indexed keywords

FOAM FRACTION; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; SEA FOAM; WHITECAP FRACTION; WHITECAPS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SEAWATER; SURFACE SCATTERING; SURFACE WATERS;

FOAM CONTROL;

EID: 84861426287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4051162     Document Type: Article

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