Dual-frequency Topex altimeter observations of Greenland

Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1507-1525

  Remy, F ^a,b,c   Legresy, B ^a,d,g   Bleuzen, S ^a,e,g,h   Vincent, P ^a,f   Minster, J F ^a,b,c,g  

^a CNES   (France)

^b Dieu Hospital   (France)

^c Laboratory la Mouette   (France)

^d Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiale

^e l'Ecole de Physique de Marsielle   (France)

^f CNES AVISO Altimetry Project

^g JPOFS ^*

^h Laboratory la Mouette

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; SNOW; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DUAL FREQUENCY TOPEX ALTIMETER; SNOW SURFACE ALTIMETRIC ECHO;

RADIO ALTIMETERS;

EID: 0030400068     PISSN: 09205071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156939396X00892     Document Type: Article

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