Sensitivity of a 1.4 GHz direct-sampling digital radiometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 37, Issue 5 pt 1, 1999, Pages 2172-2180

  Fischman, Mark A ^a   England, Anthony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIGITAL RECEIVER; DIRECT SAMPLING DIGITAL RADIOMETER; HIGHER SPATIAL RESOLUTION SATELLITE RADIOMETER; L-BAND SYNTHETIC THINNED ARRAY RADIOMETRY; RADIOMETRIC SENSITIVITY;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0033189583     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.789614     Document Type: Article

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