A correlated noise calibration standard for interferometric, polarimetric, and autocorrelation microwave radiometers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 10 PART I, 2003, Pages 2187-2196

  Ruf, Christopher S ^a   Li, Jikang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Polarimetry; Radiometers; Random noise

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INTERFEROMETERS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; POLARIMETERS; RADAR ANTENNAS; SPECTROMETERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CORRELATION NOISE CALIBRATION STANDARD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; POLARIMETRIC RADIOMETER; RADIOMETER RECEIVER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADIOMETER;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0242386567     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2003.815971     Document Type: Article

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