Delay tracking in spaceborne GNSS-R ocean altimetry

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-61

  Park, Hyuk ^a   Valencia, Enric ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a   Rius, Antonio ^b   Ribó, Serni ^b   Martín Neira, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) reflectometry (GNSS R); Ocean altimetry; Waveform tracking

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; OCEAN ALTIMETRY; RADAR ALTIMETRY; REFLECTOMETRY; SPACE-BORNE; TRACKING STRATEGIES; WAVE FORMS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TRACKING RADAR;

RADAR TRACKING;

EID: 84873552053     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2012.2192255     Document Type: Article

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