A multitemporal investigation of AMSR-E C-band radio-frequency interference

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2007-2015

  Lacava, Teodosio ^a   Coviello, Irina ^a   Faruolo, Mariapia ^a   Mazzeo, Giuseppe ^a   Pergola, Nicola ^a   Tramutoli, Valerio ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR E); passive microwave remote sensing; radio frequency interference (RFI); Robust Satellite Techniques (RST)

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; MULTI-TEMPORAL; PASSIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; RADIOFREQUENCY INTERFERENCES (RFI); ROBUST SATELLITE TECHNIQUES (RST); SATELLITE MISSION; VERTICAL POLARIZATION;

RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

AMSR-E; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION; WINDSAT;

EID: 84875673657     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2228487     Document Type: Article

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