Passive active L- and S-band (PALS) microwave sensor for ocean salinity and soil moisture measurements

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1039-1048

  Wilson, William J ^a,b   Yueh, Simon H ^a,b   Dinardo, Steven J ^b   Chazanoff, Seth L ^b   Kitiyakara, Ami ^b   Li, Fuk K ^a,b,c   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiometers; Salinity; Scatterometers; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; OCEAN SALINITY; PASSIVE ACTIVE MICROWAVE SENSOR; RADAR BACKSCATTER; SOIL MOISTURE MEASUREMENT;

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FREQUENCIES; HORN ANTENNAS; MOISTURE; POLARIZATION; RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSORS;

MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES;

EID: 0035330762     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.921422     Document Type: Article

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