Potential of reflected GNSS signals for ice sheet remote sensing

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 40, Issue , 2003, Pages 177-205

  Wiehl, M ^a   Legresy B ^b   Dietrich, R ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; COMPLEX SIGNAL; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS SIGNALS; GPS (GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); INTERNAL INTERFACES; LARGE PENETRATIONS; SATELLITE RECEIVERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIERS; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 29144530330     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER02102202     Document Type: Article

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