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  • 2016 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the modeling electromagnetic scattering from the sea surface and its application to microwave remote sensing

Overview

William J. Plant is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their academic work involves the modeling of electromagnetic scattering from the sea surface with applications in microwave remote sensing.

In 2016, they were awarded the distinction of IEEE Fellow for contributions to this area of research.

Best Publications

  • Theory of synthetic aperture radar ocean imaging: A MARSEN view

    Klaus Hasselmann;R. K. Raney;W. J. Plant;W. Alpers

  • measuring stream discharge by non‐contact methods: A Proof‐of‐Concept Experiment

    John E. Costa;Kurt R. Spicer;Ralph T. Cheng;F. Peter Haeni

  • Evidence of Bragg scattering in microwave Doppler spectra of sea return

    William J. Plant;William C. Keller

  • Use of radars to monitor stream discharge by noncontact methods

    J. E. Costa;R. T. Cheng;F. P. Haeni;N. Melcher

  • A model for microwave Doppler sea return at high incidence angles: Bragg scattering from bound, tilted waves

    William J. Plant

  • Bragg Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves from the Air/Sea Interface

    William J. Plant

  • A stochastic, multiscale model of microwave backscatter from the ocean

    William J. Plant

  • The dependence of X band microwave sea return on atmospheric stability and sea state

    William C. Keller;William J. Plant;David E. Weissman

  • Parametric dependence of ocean wave-radar modulation transfer functions

    W. J. Plant;W. C. Keller;A. Cross

  • Ocean wave-radar modulation transfer functions from the West Coast Experiment

    J. W. Wright;W. J. Plant;W. C. Keller;W. L. Jones

  • Measurement of river surface currents with coherent microwave systems

    W.J. Plant;W.C. Keller;K. Hayes

  • Studies of backscattered sea return with a CW, dual-frequency, X-band radar

    W. Plant

  • Hydrodynamic modulation of short wind-wave spectra by long waves and its measurement using microwave backscatter

    Tetsu Hara;William J. Plant

  • Measuring and Analysing the directional spectrum of ocean waves

    Stephen F. Barstow;Jean-Raymond Bidlot;Sofia Caires;Sofia Caires;Mark A. Donelan

  • Microwave sea return at moderate to high incidence angles

    William J Plant

  • The Modulation Transfer Function: Concept and Applications

    William J. Plant

  • Surface effect of rain on microwave backscatter from the ocean: Measurements and modeling

    Robert F. Contreras;William J. Plant

  • The dependence of microwave backscatter from the sea on illuminated area: Correlation times and lengths

    William J. Plant;Eugene A. Terray;Robert A. Petitt;William C. Keller

  • A Numerical Study of the Retrieval of Sea Surface Height Profiles From Low Grazing Angle Radar Data

    J.T. Johnson;R.J. Burkholder;J.V. Toporkov;D.R. Lyzenga

  • River discharge measurements by using helicopter‐mounted radar

    N. B. Melcher;J. E. Costa;F. P. Haeni;R. T. Cheng

  • Bound waves and bragg scattering in a wind-wave tank

    William J. Plant;William C. Keller;Vahid Hesany;Tetsu Hara

Frequent Co-Authors

Werner Alpers
Werner Alpers Universität Hamburg
David G. Long
David G. Long Brigham Young University
Robert J. Burkholder
Robert J. Burkholder The Ohio State University
Joel T. Johnson
Joel T. Johnson The Ohio State University

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