Calculation of microwave land surface emissivity from satellite observations: Validity of the specular approximation over snow-free surfaces?

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-314

  Karbou, Fatima ^a   Prigent, Catherine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Lambertian surface; Microwave land emissivity; Specular surface

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; LAMBERTIAN SURFACE; MICROWAVE LAND EMISSIVITY; SPECULAR SURFACE;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 27744550389     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2005.847932     Document Type: Article

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