Satellite sounding channel optimization in the microwave spectrum

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 4 PART I, 2003, Pages 761-781

  Lipton, Alan E ^a  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conical scanning microwave imager sounder (CMIS); Microwave measurements; Radiometry; Remote sensing; Satellite applications

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CONICAL SCANNING MICROWAVE IMAGER; CONICAL SCANNING MICROWAVE SOUNDER; MICROWAVE SPECTRUM; RADIOMETER NOISE; SATELLITE SOUNDING CHANNEL;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0038574930     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.810926     Document Type: Article

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