A new empirical model of sea surface microwave emissivity for salinity remote sensing

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Gabarro C ^a   Font, J ^a   Camps, A ^b   Vall llossera, M ^b   Julia A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAPS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; PERMITTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; SOIL MECHANICS; WIND;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; OCEAN SALINITY; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WIND SPEED;

GEOPHYSICS;

INTERFEROMETRY; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

EID: 2442608716     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018964     Document Type: Article

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