The microwave radiometer aboard ERS-1: Part II-validation of the geophysical products

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-303

  Eymard, Laurence ^a   Tabary, Luc ^a   Gérard, Elisabeth ^a   Boukabara, Sid Ahmed ^a   Cornec, Alain Le ^a  

^a Centre Universitaire   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VAPORS;

ALTIMETER PATH DELAY VALIDATION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA SET; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; RADIOSONDE MEASUREMENTS; TROPOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0030109158     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.485108     Document Type: Article

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