Cross-correlation waveform analysis for conventional and interferometric GNSS-R approaches

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1560-1572

  Martín, Francisco ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a   Park, Hyuk ^a   D'Addio, Salvatore ^b   Martín Neira, Manuel ^b   Pascual, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Global Navigation Satellite System reflectometry (GNSS R); ocean altimetry; speckle noise; thermal noise; Woodward ambiguity function (WAF)

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIO ALTIMETERS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SPECKLE; THERMAL NOISE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AMBIGUITY FUNCTION; CORRELATION CHARACTERISTICS; DOPPLER COMPENSATIONS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; OCEAN ALTIMETRY; REFLECTOMETRY; SPECKLE NOISE;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ALTIMETRY; GNSS; INTERFEROMETRY; REFLECTOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SPECKLE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903274443     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2300232     Document Type: Article

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