Fading statistics and sensing accuracy of ocean scattered GNSS and altimetry signals

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-220

  Gleason, Scott ^a   Gommenginger, Christine ^a   Cromwell, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Fading Statistics; GNSS R; Oceanography; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORBITS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ALTIMETRY; FADING STATISTICS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS-R; LEAST SQUARES MODELING; MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SIGNAL CHARACTERISTIC; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

EID: 79954425084     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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