The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E), NASDA's contribution to the EOS for global energy and water cycle studies

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-194

  Kawanishi, Toneo ^a   Sezai, Toshihiro ^a   Ito, Yasuyuki ^a   Imaoka, Keiji ^a   Takeshima, Toshiaki ^a   Ishido, Yoshio ^a   Shibata, Akira ^a,b   Miura, Masaharu ^c   Inahata, Hiroyuki ^c   Spencer, Roy W ^d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Natl Sp Sci and Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Earth; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; EARTH (PLANET); MICROWAVE DEVICES; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; SCANNING;

MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0037936856     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808331     Document Type: Review

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