Radar sea return and the radscat satellite anemometer

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)

Volumn , Issue , 1972, Pages 180-185

  Claassen, J ^a   Fung, H ^a   Moore, R ^a   Pierson, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; NASA; RADAR; WATER WAVES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION; BRAGG WAVELENGTH; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; OCEAN WAVE SPECTRA; RADAR BACKSCATTER; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; WAVE COMPONENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84944993508     PISSN: 01977385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.1972.1161187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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