Minimization of image distortion in SMOS brightness temperature maps over the ocean

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-22

  Torres, Francesc ^a,b   Corbella, Ignasi ^a,b   Wu, Lin ^a,b   Duffo, Nuria ^a,b   Gourrion, Jérôme ^b,c   Font, Jordi ^b,c   Martín Neira, Manuel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibration; imaging; interferometer; radiometer; remote sensing; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; ERROR-CORRECTION PROCEDURES; IMAGE DISTORTIONS; IN-FLIGHT CALIBRATION; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITIES; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS); SPATIAL ERRORS; SYNTHESIZED IMAGES; UNIFORM BRIGHTNESS;

CALIBRATION; ERRORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETERS; LUMINANCE; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84655161969     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2158799     Document Type: Article

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