Characterization of the SMOS instrumental error pattern correction over the ocean

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 793-797

  Gourrion, Jérôme ^a,b   Sabia, R ^c   Portabella, M ^b,d   Tenerelli, J ^e   Guimbard, S ^a   Camps, A ^b,f  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta   (Spain)

^c ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^d CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

^e CLS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Error correction; interferometer; radiometer; remote sensing; sea surface salinity; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; ERRORS; INTERFEROMETERS; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATERS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; FORWARD MODELING; GALACTIC NOISE; INSTRUMENTAL ERROR; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS); SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY MISSIONS; TEMPORAL COVERAGE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861183380     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2181990     Document Type: Article

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