The complex dielectric constant of pure and sea water from microwave satellite observations

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1836-1849

  Meissner, Thomas ^a   Wentz, Frank J ^a  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant of pure and sea water; Microwave radiometers; Ocean surface emissivity; Permittivity; Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM I)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SENSORS; SUPERCOOLING; WATER ABSORPTION;

MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; OCEAN SURFACE EMISSIVITY; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVES;

SALINE WATER;

EID: 4744373490     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.831888     Document Type: Article

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