Near-Nadir Ka-band Field Observations of Freshwater Bodies

Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle

Volumn 9781118872031, Issue , 2014, Pages 143-155

  Moller, Delwyn ^a,b   Esteban Fernandez, Daniel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b 248 E Foothill Blvd   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater bodies; Near nadir Ka band field; Surface water ocean topography (SWOT)

Indexed keywords

TOPOGRAPHY; WATER;

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FRESHWATER BODIES; KA BAND; KEYS PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEAR-NADIR KA-BAND FIELD; OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; SURFACE WATER OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL DECORRELATION;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 84927796559     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118872086.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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