Collocating satellite-based radar and radiometer measurements - Methodology and usage examples

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 693-708

  Holl, G ^a   Buehler, S A ^a   Rydberg, B ^b   Jimenez C ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLOUDSAT; DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; NOAA SATELLITE; PIXEL; PUBLIC ACCESS; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 78651484386     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-3-693-2010     Document Type: Article

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