Microwave scattering properties of sand particles: Application to the simulation of microwave radiances over sandstorms

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 684-702

  Hong, Gang ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Weng, Fuzhong ^b   Liu, Quanhua ^c,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^d OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SAND; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE POLARIZATION; LORENZ-MIE SOLUTIONS; MICROWAVE BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; SANDSTORMS;

MICROWAVE IRRADIATION;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DUST STORM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; SAND; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 36049031841     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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