PAU/RAD: Design and preliminary calibration results of a new L-band pseudo-correlation radiometer concept

Sensors

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4392-4412

  Bosch Lluis, Xavier ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a   Ramos Perez, Isaac ^a   Marchan Hernandez, Juan Fernando ^a   Rodriguez Alvarez, Nereida ^a   Valencia, Enric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calibration; Field programmable gate array (FPGA); Pseudo correlation; Radiometer; Reflectometer

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION ALGORITHM; CONCEPT DEMONSTRATORS; INFRA-RED RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; PSEUDO-CORRELATION; RADIOMETER CALIBRATION; RADIOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ALGORITHMS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); MICROWAVE DEVICES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTOMETERS;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 48849110404     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s8074392     Document Type: Article

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