Polarization rotation and the third stokes parameter: The effects of spacecraft attitude and faraday rotation

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 506-515

  Meissner, Thomas ^a   Wentz, Frank J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b NASA Earth Observation System Investigators Working Group

^c NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Team

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e NASA Tropical Rainfall Mission Team

^f NASA Pathfinder Activity

^g AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION   (United States)

Author keywords

Faraday rotation; Spacecraft attitude; Stokes vector; Windsat

Indexed keywords

FARADAY ROTATION; SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE; STOKES VECTOR; WINDSAT;

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FARADAY EFFECT; IONOSPHERE; POLARIZATION;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33244473788     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.858413     Document Type: Article

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