An iterative convergence algorithm to retrieve sea surface salinity from SMOS L-band radiometric measurements

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1689-1692

  Font, J ^a   Boutin, J ^b   Reul, N ^c   Waldteufe, P ^b   Gabarro, C ^a   Zine, S ^b   Tenerelli, J ^c   Petitcolin, F ^d   Vergely, J L ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d ACRI ST   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LUMINANCE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; MICROWAVE INTERFEROMETRIC RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 34948846025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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