L-band radiometers measuring salinity from space: Atmospheric propagation effects

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2210-2217

  Skou, Niels ^a,b   Hoffman Bang, Dorthe ^b  

^a IEEE   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atmospheric propagation; L band radiometer; Ocean salinity; Oxygen absorption

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; L-BAND RADIOMETER; OCEAN SALINITY; OXYGEN ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; CLOUDS; OXYGEN; RAIN;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 27744467913     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.856115     Document Type: Article

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