Polarimetric Measurements of Sea Surface Brightness Temperatures Using an Aircraft K-Band Radiometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 85-92

  Yueh, Simon H ^a   Wilson, William J ^a   Li, Fuk K ^a   Nghiem, Son V ^a   Ricketts, William B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYS; LUMINANCE; MODULATION; NASA; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; POLARIMETERS; RADIOMETERS; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE; WIND; WIND EFFECTS; AIRCRAFT; CLOUDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPEED; SURFACES;

AZIMUTHAL MODULATION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTERS; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; POLARIMETRIC RADIOMETRY; SEA SURFACE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; STOKES PARAMETERS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; REMOTE SENSING;

AIRCRAFT K-BAND RADIOMETER; OCEAN WIND DIRECTION; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SEA SURFACE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EMISSION;

EID: 0029203925     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.368219     Document Type: Article

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