Polarimetric formulation of the visibility function equation including cross-polar antenna patterns

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 292-295

  Camps, Adriano ^a,b   Corbella, Ignasi ^a,b   Torres, Francesc ^a,b   Vall Llossera, Mercè ^a,b   Duffo, Nuria ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Interferometry; Radiometry

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; EARTH OBSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VOLTAGE PATTERNS;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIOMETRY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 18444397509     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2005.846885     Document Type: Article

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