Development of a modified two-scale electromagnetic model simulating both active and passive microwave measurements: Comparison to data remotely sensed over the ocean

Radio Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 16-1-16-11

  Boukabara, S A ^a   Eymard, L ^a   Guillou, C ^a   Lemaire, D ^b   Sobieski, P ^b   Guissard, A ^b  

^a CEETP   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active and passive sensors; Calibration and validation; Microwave remote sensing; Radiative transfer; Satellite radiometers and altimeters; Surface scattering

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; RADIOMETERS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE BACKSCATTERING; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER FUNCTION; SURFACE EMISSIVITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0036663863     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999rs002240     Document Type: Article

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