Phase altimetry with dual polarization GNSS-R over sea ice

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2112-2121

  Fabra, Fran ^a   Cardellach, Estel ^a   Rius, Antonio ^a   Ribó, Serni ^a   Oliveras, Santi ^a   Nogués Correig, Oleguer ^a   Belmonte Rivas, Maria ^b   Semmling, Maximilian ^c   D'Addio, Salvatore ^d  

^a INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global positioning system (GPS); polarimetry; radar altimetry; radar signal processing; sea ice

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GREENLAND; ICE COVER; ICE MASS; ICE SURFACES; ICE THICKNESS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; KEY PARAMETERS; LASER ALTIMETRY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PHASE SAMPLES; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; REFLECTED SIGNAL; SEA ICE FORMATIONS; WAVE FORMS;

ESTIMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; POLARIMETERS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SEA ICE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ELLIPSE; GNSS; GPS; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; MONITORING; POLARIZATION; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SEA ICE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER MASS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84861344449     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2172797     Document Type: Article

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