A compact 183-GHz radiometer for water vapor and liquid water sensing

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2202-2206

  Pazmany, Andrew L ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b ProSensing Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave radiometry; Precipitable water vapor (PWV) and liquid water path (LWP) retrieval; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOR (PWV); PROSENSING INC. (CO); RECEIVER CHANNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MILLIMETER WAVES; REMOTE SENSING; WATER VAPOR;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 34347214017     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.888104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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