Detection and correction of AMSR-E radio-frequency interference

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 669-681

  Wu, Ying ^a   Weng, Fuzhong ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Radio frequency interference (RFI); RFI detection; RFI index

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMSR-E; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DETECTION METHOD; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECTRUM;

EID: 82755191690     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13351-011-0510-0     Document Type: Article

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