Probabilities and statistics for backscatter estimates obtained by a scatterometer with applications to new scatterometer design data
By: Willard J. Pierson, Jr.
Contributors: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Division.
Series: NASA contractor report -- 4228.; NASA contractor report -- NASA CR-4228.
Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division; National Technical Information Service, distributor]
Published: 1989
Place of publication: [Washington, DC]; [Springfield, Va.?
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Backscattering -- Mathematical models.; Backscattering -- Measurement -- Equipment and supplies -- Design and construction.; Winds -- Speed -- Measurement.; Marine meteorology.; Backscattering.; Probability density functions.; Radar cross sections.; Water waves.; Wind velocity measurement.
Notes: Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-124).

Microfiche. [Washington, D.C.? : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1989] 2 microfiches : negative.

Prepared for National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ocean Processes Branch. NAGW-690.