Modeling microwave emissions of erg surfaces in the sahara desert

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2822-2830

  Stephen, Haroon ^a,b   Long, David G ^a,c,d,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^d BYU's Center for Remote Sensing   (United States)

^e Microwave Earth Remote Sensing Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Azimuth angle modulation; Ergs; Microwave emission; Polarization difference; Radiometric temperature; Sand dunes; Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM I); Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI)

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL ANGLE MODULATION; ERGS; MICROWAVE EMISSION; POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE; RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE; SAND DUNES; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER;

ATTENUATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION;

EID: 29044448470     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.857899     Document Type: Article

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