High-stability L-band radiometer measurements of saltwater

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1829-1835

  Wilson, William J ^a   Yueh, Simon H ^a   Dinardo, Steve J ^a   Li, Fuk K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometry; Microwave radiometry calibration; Salinity; Sea surface; Sea surface salinity (SSS)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; SURFACE WATERS;

MICROWAVE EMISSIONS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RADIO-FREQUENCY INTERFERENCES; SEA SURFACE SALINITY (SSS);

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 4744348886     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.833393     Document Type: Article

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