Modeling polarimetric response of spaceborne synthetic aperture radar due to precipitating clouds from X- to Ka-band

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 687-703

  Marzano, Frank Silvio ^a,b   Mori, Saverio ^a,b   Weinman, James A ^c   Montopoli, Mario ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave modeling; Precipitating clouds; Radar polarimetry; Spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMPATT DIODES; POLARIMETERS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SURFACE SCATTERING;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; MICROWAVE MODELING; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; PRECIPITATION EFFECTS; RADAR POLARIMETRY; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 80052742787     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2163942     Document Type: Article

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