Radar Reflectivity of Land and Sea, Third Edition

ISBN 1-58053-153-9
Maurice W. Long
560 pages.
 

Content Highlights: Remote Sensing by Radar. Surface Effects and Emerging Techniques. Radar Reflectivity. The Earth and Its Effects on Radar. Polarization, Depolarization and Theories of Scattering - Polarization and Depolarization. Theories for Radar Cross Section of Rough Surfaces. Effects of the Earth’s Surface. Effects on Echo from Land and Sea. Ground Echo Fluctuations and Doppler Spectra. Visual Observations of Sea Echo. Sea Echo Statistics and Doppler Spectra. Space-Time Clutter Amplitude Statistics. Radar Cross Section for Land. Radar Cross Section for Sea. Bistatic Land and Sea Clutter. In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Scatterings.