Experimental determination of the sea correlation time using GNSS-R coherent data

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 675-679

  Valencia, Enric ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a   Marchan Hernandez, Juan Fernando ^a   Rodriguez Alvarez, Nereida ^a   Ramos Perez, Isaac ^a   Bosch Lluis, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Correlation time; delay Doppler map (DDM); Global Navigation Satellite Signals Reflectometry (GNSS R); sea coherence time; sea state

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE TIME; CORRELATION TIME; DELAY-DOPPLER MAP (DDM); GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITES; SEA STATE;

CORRELATION METHODS; NAVIGATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 77958004480     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2010.2046135     Document Type: Article

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