Retrieval of refractive index over specular surfaces for remote sensing applications

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hong, Sungwook ^a  

^a Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

emissivity.; icrowave; infrared; refractive index; resnel equations; specular

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; INFRARED RADIATION; OBJECT DETECTION; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

DIRECT INVERSION; EMISSIVITY; ICROWAVE; OBJECT CHARACTERISTICS; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; RESNEL EQUATIONS; SPECULAR; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 76049097128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3265997     Document Type: Article

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