Microwave aperture synthesis radiometry: Paving the path for sea surface salinity measurement from space

Remote Sensing of the European Seas

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 223-238

  Font, Jordi ^a   Camps, Adriano ^b   Ballabrera Poy, Joaquim ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 67651156572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6772-3_17     Document Type: Chapter

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