TOPEX/Poseidon Microwave Radiometer (TMR): III. Wet Troposphere Range Correction Algorithm and Pre-Launch Error Budget

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 147-161

  Ruf, Christopher S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUDGET CONTROL; ERRORS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LUMINANCE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND; ALGORITHMS; ERROR CORRECTION; FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVES; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VAPORS;

ALGORITHM PERFORMANCE; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL REPRESENTATION; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; SEA-SURFACE WIND SPEED;

ALGORITHMS; RADIOMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR CONTENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; PATH DELAY; TOPEX/POSEIDON MICROWAVE RADIOMETER;

EID: 0029207788     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.368213     Document Type: Article

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