Advanced InSAR atmospheric correction: MERIS/MODIS combination and stacked water vapour models

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3343-3363

  Li, Zhenhong ^a   Fielding, E J ^b   Cross, P ^a   Preusker, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENT SCALES; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; WATER VAPOR;

ADVANCED SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; INTEGRATED MODELING; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; RADIO SIGNAL PROPAGATION; RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CALIBRATION; CLOUD COVER; ENVISAT-1; ERROR ANALYSIS; GPS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERFEROMETRY; MERIS; MODIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 70349363754     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160802562172     Document Type: Article

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