Microwave emission and scattering from deserts: Theory compared with satellite measurements

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-375

  Grody, Norman C ^a   Weng, Fuzhong ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense media application; Desert scattering; Emission; Microwave desert properties; Microwave remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SATELLITES; SCATTERING;

DENSE MEDIA APPLICATION; DESERT SCATTERING; MICROWAVE DESERT PROPERTIES; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 38349102184     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.909920     Document Type: Conference Paper

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