On the use of GNSS-R data to correct L-band brightness temperatures for sea-state effects: Results of the ALBATROSS field experiments

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3225-3235

  Valencia, Enric ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a   Bosch Lluis, Xavier ^a   Rodriguez Alvarez, Nereida ^a   Ramos Perez, Isaac ^a   Eugenio, Francisco ^b   Marcello, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delay doppler map (DDM); global navigation satellite system reflectometer (GNSS R); L band microwave radiometry; sea state; sea surface salinity (SSS)

Indexed keywords

DELAY-DOPPLER MAPS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; L-BAND MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; SEA STATE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; DATA HANDLING; EXPERIMENTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LUMINANCE; METEOROLOGY; MICROWAVES; NAVIGATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; EMISSIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GNSS; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PARAMETERIZATION; REFLECTOMETRY; SCATTERING; SEA STATE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE SCATTERING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 80052337401     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2159224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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