A new sidelobe correction algorithm for microwave radiometers: Application to the Envisat instrument

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 602-612

  Obligis, Estelle ^a   Eymard, Laurence ^a   Tran, Ngan ^a  

^a CLS   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Environmental satellite (Envisat); Microwave radiometer; Sidelobe

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ERROR CORRECTION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS;

ALTIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE (ENVISAT); MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SIDELOBE;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33847714124     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.887165     Document Type: Article

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