Performance of sea surface salinity and soil moisture retrieval algorithms with different auxiliary datasets in 2-D L-band aperture synthesis interferometric radiometers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1189-1199

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

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aperture synthesis; L band; Ocean salinity; Radiometry; Retrieval; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

APERTURE SYNTHESIS; L-BAND; OCEAN SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 18444401699     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.842096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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