Radiometric and spectral performance and calibration of the GHz bands of EOS MLS

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1131-1143

  Jarnot, Robert F ^a   Perun, Vincent S ^a   Schwartz, Michael J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; GHz; Limb sounding, microwave; Submillimeter wave

Indexed keywords

GHZ; LIMB SOUNDING, MICROWAVE; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; RADIOMETRY; SPACECRAFT;

MICROWAVE ACOUSTIC DEVICES;

EID: 33646435868     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.863714     Document Type: Article

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