Microwave radiometer radio-frequency interference detection algorithms: A comparative study

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3742-3754

  Misra, Sidharth ^a   Mohammed, Priscilla N ^a   Guner, Bari ^a   Ruf, Christopher S ^a   Piepmeier, Jeffrey R ^a   Johnson, Joel T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Detectors; Noise measurement; Radio spectrum management; Radiometry; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

COMPARATIVES STUDIES; CONDITION; DETECTION ALGORITHM; INTERFERENCE DETECTION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; PULSE DETECTION; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; RADIO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT; REMOTE-SENSING;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NOISE; RADIO WAVE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 70350629869     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2031104     Document Type: Article

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