Passive microwave remote sensing of the ocean: An overview

Oceanography from Space: Revisited

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 13-33

  Gentemann, Chelle L ^a   Wentz, Frank J ^a   Brewer, Marty ^a   Hilburn, Kyle ^a   Smith, Deborah ^a  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

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EID: 84887057755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8681-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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