A Multifrequency Microwave Radiometer of the Future

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 193-199

  Le Vine, David M ^a   Wilheit, Thomas T ^a   Murphy, Robert E ^b   Swift, Calvin T ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 34250851580     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.20298     Document Type: Article

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