Improved image reconstruction algorithms for aperture synthesis radiometers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 146-158

  Camps, Adriano ^a,b   Vall llossera, Mercè ^a,b   Corbella, Ignasi ^a,b   Duffo, Núria ^a,b   Torres, Francesc ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aperture synthesis radiometers; Bias; Errors; Image reconstruction; Soil moisture and ocean salinity (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

APERTURE SYNTHESIS RADIOMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS);

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RADIOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 37249039522     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.907603     Document Type: Article

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