DOMEX 2004: An experimental campaign at Dome-C Antarctica for the calibration of spaceborne low-frequency microwave radiometers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2642-2653

  Macelloni, Giovanni ^a   Brogioni, Marco ^a   Pampaloni, Paolo ^a   Cagnati, Anselmo ^b   Drinkwater, Mark R ^c  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento Provinciale di Venezia   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Calibration; L band; Microwave radiometry; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; L-BAND; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS); SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY MISSIONS;

CALIBRATION; DOMES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SATELLITES; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

EID: 34047183552     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.882801     Document Type: Article

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