A polarized microwave radiative transfer model for passive remote sensing

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 277-293

  Deiveegan, M ^a   Balaji, C ^a   Venkateshan, S P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Adding doubling; Lorentz Mie; Microwave; Polarization; Validation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MICROWAVE IMAGER; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; POLARIZED MICROWAVE RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 43049171861     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.023     Document Type: Article

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