Analysis and characterization of the SSMIS upper atmosphere sounding channel measurements

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 962-983

  Swadley, Steven D ^a,b,c   Poe, Gene A ^a,c   Bell, William ^d   Hong, Ye ^e,f   Kunkee, David B ^a,e,f   McDermid, I Stuart ^g   Leblanc, Thierry ^g  

^a IEEE

^b METOC Consulting   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^f National Polar Orbiting Operational Satellite System Integrated Program Office

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Doppler frequency shift; Microwave; Polarized radiative ransfer; Radiometer; Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS); Zeeman effect

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARACTERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DOPPLER FREQUENCY SHIFT; POLARIZED RADIATIVE RANSFER; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER/SOUNDER (SSMIS); ZEEMAN EFFECT;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 41549085755     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.916980     Document Type: Article

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