Validation of microwave emission models by simulating AMSR-E brightness temperature data from ground-based observations

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1440-1443

  Kontu, Anna ^a   Pulliainen, Jouni ^a   Heikkinen, Pauli ^a   Suokanerva, Hanne ^a   Takala, Matias ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; SNOWCOVERED TERRAIN; SOIL REFLECTIVITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PARAMETER EXTRACTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 82355181573     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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