Retrieval of two-dimensional absorption coefficient structure from a scanning radiometer at 23.8 GHz

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Bosisio, Ada Vittoria ^a   Drufuca, Giuseppe ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inversion; Radiometry; Tomography; Water vapor absorption

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT STRUCTURE; SCANNING RADIOMETER; WATER VAPOR ABSORPTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

EID: 0042384879     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002628     Document Type: Article

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