Raman lidar calibration for the DMSP SSM/T-2 microwave water vapor sensor

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 141-154

  Wessel, John ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALIBRATION; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS; MICROWAVE WATER VAPOR SENSORS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033878981     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.823908     Document Type: Article

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