Calibration and Applications of Polarization-Correlating Radiometers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 767-773

  Gasiewski, A J ^a   Kunkee, David B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION METHODS; CORRELATORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; DUAL POLARIZATION IMAGING RADIOMETERS; POLARIZATION CORRELATING RADIOMETERS; POLARIZED BLACKBODY; ROTATION TECHNIQUE; SCANNING MULTICHANNEL MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER; STOKES PARAMETERS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0027599293     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.234509     Document Type: Article

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