A global high-resolution microwave emission model for the earth

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 753-766

  Schiavon, G ^a   Ferrazzoli, P ^a   Solimini, D ^a   De Maagt, P ^b   Poiares Baptista, J P V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ESTIMATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; LUMINANCE; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SEA ICE; TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL HIGH RESOLUTION MICROWAVE EMISSION MODEL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTENNA TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONTRIBUTIONS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; MICROWAVE EMISSION MODELS; MICROWAVE EMISSIONS; MILLIMETER-WAVE PROPAGATION MODEL; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS;

EID: 0032072856     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RS02304     Document Type: Article

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