Sea surface salinity retrieval from space: Potential synergetic use of GNSS-R signals to improve the sea state correction and application to the SMOS mission

2006 IEEE MicroRad Proceedings - 9th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications, MicroRad'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 91-96

  Camps, A ^a   Caparrini, M ^b   Sabia, R ^a   Ruffini, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Fabra Camí de l'Observatori S/n ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WIND SPEEDS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34250726956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MICRAD.2006.1677069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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