TOPEX/Poseidon Microwave Radiometer (TMR): II. Antenna Pattern Correction and Brightness Temperature Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 138-146

  Keihm, Stephen J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALIBRATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ERRORS; INSTRUMENT SCALES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ANTENNAS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCIES; PERFORMANCE; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANTENNA PATTERN CORRECTIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CALIBRATED ANTENNA; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; PATH DELAY; RADIOMETER CALIBRATION; TOPEX MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS;

LUMINANCE; RADIOMETERS;

ALTIMETER FOOTPRINT; ANTENNA PATTERN CORRECTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE ALGORITHM; TOPEX/POSEIDON MICROWAVE RADIOMETER;

EID: 0029207593     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.368214     Document Type: Article

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