MT-MADRAS brightness temperature analysis for terrain characterization and land surface microwave emissivity estimation

Current Science

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1643-1649

  Suresh Raju, C ^a   Antony, Tinu ^a   Mathew, Nizy ^a   Uma, K N ^a   Krishna Moorthy, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Land surface microwave emissivity; MADRAS payload; Megha Tropiques mission; Microwave radiometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880113052     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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