L-band sea surface emissivity: Preliminary results of the WISE-2000 campaign and its application to salinity retrieval in the SMOS mission

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Camps, A ^a   Corbella, I ^a   Vall llossera, M ^a   Duffo, N ^a   Torres, F ^a   Villarino, R ^a   Enrique, L ^a   Miranda, J ^a   Julbe F ^a   Font, J ^b   Julia A ^b   Gabarro C ^b   Etchetto, J ^c   Boutin, J ^c   Weill, A ^d   Caselles, V ^e   Rubio, E ^e   Wursteisen, P ^f   Berger, M ^f   Martin Neira M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Ctr d'Etud Environnements T   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interferometric radiometer; Microwave radiometry; Multiangular; Sea salinity

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; MOISTURE; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SEAWATER; SOILS;

SEA SURFACE EMISSIVITY;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0041870377     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002629     Document Type: Article

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