AMSR/AMSR-E level 2 and 3 algorithm developments and data validation plans of NASDA

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-203

  Shibata, Akira ^a,b   Imaoka, Keiji ^b   Koike, Toshio ^c  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algorithm development; Data validation; Microwave remote sensing; Passive sensor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTH (PLANET); FREQUENCIES; GEOPHYSICS; IMAGE SENSORS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; REMOTE SENSING;

DATA VALIDATION;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0037936855     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808320     Document Type: Article

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