RFI detection and mitigation for microwave radiometry with an agile digital detector

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 694-706

  Gross, Steven M ^a   Misra, Sidharth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometry; Radio spectrum management

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RADIO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT; RADIO-FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE (RFI); THERMAL EMISSION SIGNALS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; DETECTORS; RADAR; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 33244468181     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.861411     Document Type: Article

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