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On the extraction of directional sea-wave spectra from synthetic- aperture radar-signal arrays without matched filtering.

R.L. Wildey
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An economical method of digitally extracting sea-wave spectra from synthetic-aperture radar-signal records, which can be performed routinely in real or near-real time with the reception of telemetry from Seasat satellites, would be of value to a variety of scientific disciplines. This paper explores techniques for such data extraction and concludes that the mere fact that the desired result is devoid of phase information does not, of itself, lead to a simplification in data processing because of the nature of the modulation performed on the radar pulse by the backscattering surface. -from Author

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R.L. Wildey. 1980. On the extraction of directional sea-wave spectra from synthetic- aperture radar-signal arrays without matched filtering.. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70012173

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