GNSS-R ground-based and airborne campaigns for ocean, land, ice, and snow techniques: Application to the GOLD-RTR data sets

Radio Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Cardellach, E ^a   Fabra, F ^a   Nogues Correig O ^a   Oliveras, S ^a   Ribo S ^a   Rius, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DATA; BISTATIC RADARS; DATA SETS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GROUND BASED; MOISTURE SENSING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REFLECTOMETRY; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RADAR; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 80055055206     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011RS004683     Document Type: Article

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