Comparison of model prediction with measurements of galactic background noise at L-band

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2018-2022

  Le Vine, David M ^a,b,f,g,h   Abraham, Saji ^a,b,h,i,j   Kerr, Yann H ^a,c   Wilson, William J ^a,d,g,k   Skou, Niels ^a,e,l   Søbærg, Sten Schmidl ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CESBIO   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f Instrumentation Science Branch   (United States)

^g Instrumentation Science Branch ^*  (United States)

^h AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION   (United States)

ⁱ NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^j SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^k Microwave Advanced Systems Group   (United States)

^l SMOS Science Advisory Group

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Author keywords

Galactic background; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GALACTIC BREAKDOWN; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; SURFACE PARAMETERS;

EARTH SCIENCES; GALAXIES; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; RADIOMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SOIL MECHANICS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 27744606044     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.853190     Document Type: Article

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