The HYDROS mission: Requirements and system design

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1000-1007

  Njoku, Eni ^a   Spencer, Michael ^a   McDonald, Kyle ^a   Smith, Joel ^a   Houser, Paul ^b   Doiron, Terence ^b   O'Neill, Peggy ^b   Girard, Ralph ^c   Entekhabi, Dara ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER (ESSSP0; GLOBAL LAND SURFACE; HYDROS;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FORECASTING; MOISTURE; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETERS; SOILS; SPACECRAFT;

SPACE STATIONS;

EID: 11244275529     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2004.1367701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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