The dependence of nadir ocean surface emissivity on wind vector as measured with microwave radiometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 515-523

  Tran, Ngan ^a   Vandemark, Douglas ^a   Ruf, Christopher S ^b   Chapron, Bertrand ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Nadir ocean surface emissivity; Sea Winds wind vector; TOPEX Poseidon microwave radiometer (TMR)

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLARIMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES; WATER WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; THERMAL EMISSIONS;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0036477183     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.992827     Document Type: Article

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