Retrieval of Ocean Surface Parameters from the Scanning Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer(SMMR) on the Nimbus-7 Satellite

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-22, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 133-143

  Wilheit, Thomas T ^a   Greaves, James R ^a   Gatlin, James A ^a   Han, Daesoo ^b   Krupp, B M ^b   Milman, Andrew S ^b   Chang, Edward S ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Systems and Applied Sciences ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0021390230     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1984.350605     Document Type: Article

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