Radiometric measurements of the microwave emissivity of foam

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2619-2625

  Rose, L A ^a   Asher, W E ^b   Reising, S C ^c   Gaiser, P W ^a   Germain, K M St ^a   Dowgiallo, D J ^a   Horgan, K A ^c   Farquharson, G ^c   Knapp, E J ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissivity; Foam; Microwave radiometry; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

MICROWAVE EMISSIVITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0036991040     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.807006     Document Type: Article

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