Fundamentals of Terrestrial Millimeter-Wave and THz Remote Sensing

International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 995-1097

  Brown, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEAT RADIATION; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MILLIMETER WAVES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMAL NOISE;

ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; SENSOR MODALITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 1542684747     PISSN: 01291564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129156403002125     Document Type: Article

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