Fully polarimetric microwave radiometer for remote sensing

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1869-1877

  Lahtinen, Janne ^a   Pihlflyckt, Jörgen ^a   Mononen, Ilkka ^a   Tauriainen, Simo J ^a   Kemppinen, Martti ^a,b   Hallikainen, Martti T ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Building Services and Material Technology   (Finland)

Author keywords

Microwave technology; Polarimetry; Radiometers; Wind

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIMETERS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WIND;

AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING; CROSS CORRELATION TECHNIQUE; FULLY POLARIMETRIC MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MARITIME WIND VECTOR;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0037755672     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.813847     Document Type: Article

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