Long-term stability of ERS-2 and TOPEX Microwave radiometer in-flight calibration

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1144-1158

  Eymard, Laurence ^a,b   Obligis, Estelle ^c   Tran, Ngan ^c   Karbou, Fatima ^d   Dedien, Michel ^b  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CLS   (France)

^d L'Institut Pierre Simon Laplace ^*

Author keywords

Calibration; Microwave radiometry; Receiver stability; Satellite

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; MICROWAVES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

ANTENNAA THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RECEIVER STABILITY; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE (ERS);

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 18444416016     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.846129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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