Calibrating SeaWinds and QuikSCAT scatterometers using natural land targets

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 182-186

  Kunz, Lukas B ^a   Long, David G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon forest; Calibration; QuikSCAT; Radar cross section; Sea Winds

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VECTORS; WIND;

AMAZON FORESTS; QUIKSCAT; SEAWINDS;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; POLARIZATION; WIND;

EID: 18844408126     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2004.842468     Document Type: Article

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