RFI characterization and mitigation for the SMAP radar

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4973-4982

  Spencer, Michael W ^a   Chen, Curtis W ^a   Ghaemi, Hirad ^a   Chan, Samuel F ^a   Belz, John E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth remote sensing; L band radar systems; radio frequency interference (RFI); Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission

Indexed keywords

EARTH REMOTE SENSING; FREEZE-THAW; L-BAND RADIOMETER; RADAR BANDS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; RFI ENVIRONMENT; SPACE-BASED; SURFACE-BASED;

PARTIAL DISCHARGES; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE OPTICS;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

RADAR; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE MISSION; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84885179000     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2253472     Document Type: Article

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