A detailed study of land surface microwave emissivity over the indian subcontinent

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3604-3612

  Antony, Tinu ^a   Suresh Raju, C ^a   Mathew, Nizy ^a   Saha, Korak ^b   Krishna Moorthy, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian subcontinent; land surface emissivity; Megha Tropiques; microwave radiometry; Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM I)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; MICROWAVES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; LAND SURFACE; MEGHA-TROPIQUES; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BIAXIAL TEST; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LAND SURFACE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INDIA;

EID: 84896390820     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2274010     Document Type: Article

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