Phased array radar polarimetry for weather sensing: A theoretical formulation for bias corrections

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3679-3689

  Zhang, Guifu ^a   Doviak, Richard J ^a   Zrnic, Dusan S ^a   Crain, Jerry ^a   Staiman, David ^a   Al Rashid, Yasser ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurements; Phased array radar (PAR); Polarimetry; Remote sensing; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELLIPSOMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; BIAS CORRECTION; DATA UPDATING; PHASED ARRAY RADAR; PHASED ARRAY RADARS; PHASED-ARRAYS; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; RADAR POLARIMETRY; REMOTE-SENSING; THEORETICAL FORMULATION;

POLARIMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING;

EID: 70350629941     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2029332     Document Type: Article

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