Deep-space calibration of the windSat radiometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 476-495

  Linwood Jones, W ^{a,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}   Park, Jun D ^a,b,c   Soisuvarn, Seubson ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Hong, Liang ^a   Gaiser, Peter W ^a,d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Electrical and Computer Engineering Department   (United States)

^f Central Florida Remote Sensing Laboratory   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Union of Radio Scientists International Commission F   (United States)

^j AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION   (United States)

^k NORTHROP GRUMMAN MISSION SYSTEMS   (United States)

^l UCF   (United States)

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Author keywords

Calibration; Radiometer; WindSat

Indexed keywords

ISOTROPIC BRIGHTNESS; POLARIMETRIC CHANNELS; WINDSAT;

ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; SATELLITES;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 33244471769     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.862499     Document Type: Article

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