Combined Wind Vector and Sea State Impact on Ocean Nadir-Viewing Ku- and C-Band Radar Cross-Sections

The authors report the first results in studying the polarization anisotropy of themicrowave backscatter from nadir observations provided by Jason-1 altimeter in both Ku-and C-band. A small but clear wind direction signal for wind speeds above 6 m/s is revealed.These azimuthal variations of radar cr...

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Main Authors: Bertrand Chapron, Ngan Tran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2006-03-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/6/3/193/