Polarimetric microwave wind radiometer model function and retrieval testing for WindSat

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 584-595

  Wilson, William J ^a,b   Dinardo, Steve J ^a,b   Hsiao, S V ^a  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ocean surface wind; Polarimetric radiometer; Scatterometer; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

OCEAN SURFACE WIND; POLARIMETRIC RADIOMETER; SCATTEROMETER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AIRCRAFT; ALGORITHMS; MICROWAVES; POLARIMETERS;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 33244470434     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.858416     Document Type: Article

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