Physical Reflectivity and Polarization characteristics for Snow and Ice-Covered surfaces interacting with GPS

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4006-4030

  Najibi, Nasser ^a,b   Jin, Shuanggen ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Convolution function; GPS antenna height; Ice; Polarization; Reflectivity; Satellite elevation angle; Snow

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION FUNCTIONS; ELEVATION ANGLE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM REFLECTED SIGNAL (GPS); GPS ANTENNA; POLARIZATION CHARACTERISTICS; POLARIZATION REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; CONVOLUTION; ICE; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION; SATELLITES; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SNOW; SOIL MOISTURE;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84884735011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5084006     Document Type: Article

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