Errors resulting from the reflectivity of calibration targets

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-58

  Randa, James ^a   Walker, David K ^a   Cox, Amanda E ^a,b   Billinger, Robert L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Calibration target; Microwave radiometry; Radiometer; Remote sensing; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

CALIBRATION TARGETS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TARGETS;

EID: 12844251949     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.839809     Document Type: Article

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