Radiometric Observations of Sea Temperature at 2.65 GHz over the Chesapeake Bay

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 121-128

  Ho, William W ^a,c   Van Melle, M J ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Rockwell International   (United States)

^c Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS - MICROWAVES;

SEAWATER;

EID: 0017439110     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: 15582221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.1977.1141547     Document Type: Article

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