High-resolution passive polarimetric microwave mapping of ocean surface wind vector fields

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 606-621

  Piepmeier, Jeffrey R ^a,b,c   Gasiewski, Albin J ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CORRELATION RADIOMETRY; OCEAN SURFACES; POLARIMETRIC SCANNING RADIOMETER (PSR);

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POLARIMETERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL EFFECTS; VECTORS; WIND EFFECTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0035274367     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.911118     Document Type: Article

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