An efficient two-scale model for the computation of thermal emission and atmospheric reflection from the sea surface

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 560-568

  Johnson, Joel T ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

^c International Union of Radio Science ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometry; Rough surface scattering; Sea remote sensing

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; ROUGH SURFACE SCATTERING; SEA REMOTE SENSING;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

EID: 33244483123     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.855999     Document Type: Article

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