Mitigation of terrestrial radar interference in L-band spaceborne microwave radiometers

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2292-2296

  Piepmeier, J R ^a   Pellerano, F A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; FREQUENCY BANDS; NASA; RADAR INTERFERENCE; RADIOMETERS; SAFETY FACTOR; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

EXCISABILITY; OCEAN SALINITY; SURVIVABILITY;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 34347249635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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