Status of GCOM-W1/AMSR2 development, algorithms, and products

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8176, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Maeda, Takashi ^a   Imaoka, Keiji ^a   Kachi, Misako ^a   Fujii, Hideyuki ^a   Shibata, Akira ^a   Naoki, Kazuhiro ^a   Kasahara, Marehito ^a   Ito, Norimasa ^a   Nakagawa, Keizo ^a   Oki, Taikan ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate monitoring; Meteorological applications; Microwave radiometry; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM COMPARISON; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE MONITORING; DEEP SPACE CALIBRATION; EOS AQUA; FISCAL YEARS; GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION MISSIONS; INSTRUMENT CALIBRATIONS; LAUNCH SITES; LONG TERM MONITORING; METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MICROWAVE SCANNING; MISSION INSTRUMENTS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS; PROCESSING SYSTEMS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE SYSTEM; SPACE CENTERS; STANDARD ALGORITHMS; THREE GENERATIONS; VALIDATION PHASE; WATER CYCLE;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); INSTRUMENTS; LAUNCHING; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE PLATFORMS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 80455168465     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.898381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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