Jason microwave radiometer performance and on-orbit calibration

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 199-220

  Brown, Shannon ^a   Ruf, Chris ^a   Keihm, Steve ^b   Kitiyakara, Ami ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; JMR; Microwave radiometer; Path delay; Satellite; TMR

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CORRECTION; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 3543001636     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410490465643     Document Type: Article

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