Radiometric calibration of the advanced wind scatterometers carried on-board the METOP satellites

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 3436-3440

  Wilson, J J W ^a   Phillips, P L ^a   Saldaña, J Figa ^a   Dumper, K ^b   Fiksel, T ^c  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^b Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Jena Optronik GmbH   (Germany)

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EID: 33745698423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526581     Document Type: Conference Paper

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