A novel near-land radiometer wet path-delay retrieval algorithm: Application to the Jason-2/OSTM Advanced Microwave Radiometer

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 4 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1986-1992

  Brown, Shannon ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal altimetry; Jason 1; Jason 2 Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM); Land contamination; Microwave radiometer; Path delay (PD); Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ALTIMETRY; JASON-1; JASON-2/OCEAN SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MISSION (OSTM); LAND CONTAMINATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PATH DELAY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; COASTAL ZONES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ALGORITHM; COASTAL ZONE; ERROR ANALYSIS; JASON-1; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 80052257302     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2037220     Document Type: Article

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