Analysis and improvement of tipping calibration for ground-based microwave radiometers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1260-1276

  Han, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MICROWAVE DEVICES;

ANTENNA BEAM WIDTH; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC OPACITY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; TIPPING CALIBRATION;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0033687691     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.843018     Document Type: Article

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