ELBARA II, an L-band radiometer system for soil moisture research

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 584-612

  Schwank, Mike ^a,b   Wiesmann, Andreas ^a   Werner, Charles ^a   Mätzler, Christian ^c   Weber, Daniel ^c   Murk, Axel ^c   Völksch, Ingo ^b   Wegmüller, Urs ^a  

^a GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Microwave; Radiometer; Remote sensing; Soil moisture and ocean salinity mission (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; GROUND-BASED RADIOMETERS; INTERNAL CALIBRATION; MICROWAVE ELECTRONICS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY MISSIONS;

MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; USER INTERFACES;

SOIL MOISTURE;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL; TRANSDUCER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOIL; TRANSDUCERS; WATER;

EID: 77953671888     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100100584     Document Type: Article

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