HUT fully polarimetric calibration standard for microwave radiometry

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 603-611

  Lahtinen, Janne ^a   Hallikainen, Martti T ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Dielectric devices; Microwave radiometry; Polarimetry; Remote sensing; Wind

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; POLARIMETERS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

FULLY POLARIMETRIC CALIBRATION STANDARD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; WIND VECTOR MEASUREMENT;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 0038121122     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.810206     Document Type: Article

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