On the wet tropospheric correction for altimetry in coastal regions

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2139-2149

  Desportes, Charles ^a   Obligis, Estelle ^a   Eymard, Laurence ^b,c  

^a CLS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal; Microwave radiometry; Wet tropospheric correction

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RADIOMETER MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; RADIOMETERS; SIMULATORS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COASTAL ZONES;

EID: 34347239590     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.888967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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