Radiometric calibration of the advanced wind scatterometer radar ASCAT carried onboard the METOP-A satellite

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3236-3255

  Wilson, J J W ^a   Anderson, C ^a   Baker, M A ^b   Bonekamp, H ^a   Saldaña, J Figa ^a   Dyer, R G ^a   Lerch, J A ^a   Kayal, G ^a   Gelsthorpe, R V ^b   Brown, M A ^b   Schied, E ^c   Schutz Munz, S ^c   Rostan, F ^c   Pritchard, E W ^d   Wright, N G ^d   King, D ^e   Onel U ^f  

^a EUMETSAT   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^d Systems Engineering and Assessment Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^f Onel Elektronik Ltd   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Advanced Wind Scatterometer (ASCAT); METOP A; radar; radiometric calibration; spaceborne wind scatterometer

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATIONS; SPACE-BORNE; SPACEBORNE RADAR; SPACEBORNE WIND SCATTEROMETER; WIND FIELD; WIND SCATTEROMETERS;

CALIBRATION; DESIGN; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; RADIOMETRY; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

CALIBRATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCATTEROMETER; SIR; WIND FIELD;

EID: 77954759391     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2045763     Document Type: Article

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