Optimization of L-band sea surface emissivity models deduced from SMOS data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 5 PART 1, 2012, Pages 1414-1426

  Yin, Xiaobin ^a   Boutin, Jacqueline ^a   Martin, Nicolas ^a   Spurgeon, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b Le Grand Large Quai de la Douane   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foam coverage; L band; sea surface emissivity; wind

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; COVERAGE MODELS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FIRST ORDER; IN-ORBIT; L-BAND; L-BAND RADIOMETER; LEVEL 2; MODEL SIMULATION; OCEAN SALINITY; OPEN OCEAN; REAL-TIME GEOSTROPHIC OCEANOGRAPHIES; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACES; SEA WAVES; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS); WIND SPEED; WORLD OCEAN;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WIND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; DATA PROCESSING; EMISSIVITY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETER; REAL TIME; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84860292681     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2184547     Document Type: Article

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