Analysis of correlation and total power radiometer front-ends using noise waves

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2452-2458

  Corbella, Ignasi ^a,b   Torres, Francesc ^a,b   Camps, Adriano ^a,b   Duffo, Nuria ^a,b   Vall Llossera, Mercè ^a,b   Rautiainen, Kimmo ^a,d   Martín Neira, Manuel ^a,c   Colliander, Andreas ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Interferometric aperture synthesis radiometry; Microwave radiometry; Polarimetric radiometry; Radiometer calibration

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY APERTURE SYNTHESIS RADIOMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; POLARIMETRIC RADIOMETRY; RADIOMETER CALIBRATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE ISOLATORS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 27844439846     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.847912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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