Impact of new permittivity measurements on sea surface emissivity modeling in microwaves

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 649-667

  Guillou, C ^a   Ellison, W ^b,e   Eymard, L ^a   Lamkaouchi, K ^c   Prigent, C ^d   Delbos, G ^b,e   Balana, G ^b,e   Boukabara, S A ^a  

^a Centre Universitaire   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MICROWAVES; POLYNOMIALS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; FORECASTING; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE;

DEBYE THEORY; MICROWAVE IMAGER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SURFACE EMISSIVITY MODEL;

PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; PERMITTIVITY;

DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; POLYNOMIAL INTERPOLATION; RADIOMETRIC SENSITIVITY; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SEA SURFACE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS;

EID: 0032070024     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS02744     Document Type: Article

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