Precision bounds in GNSS-R ocean altimetry

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

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1416-1423

  Pascual, Daniel ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a   Martin, Francisco ^a   Park, Hyuk ^a   Arroyo, Alberto Alonso ^a   Onrubia, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS R); Passive Reflectometry and Interferometry System (PARIS)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NAVIGATION; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ALTIMETRY; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; GNSS SIGNALS; OPTIMUM RECEIVERS; REFLECTOMETRY; SPACE-BORNE; TIME DELAY ESTIMATION; TRANSMITTED POWER;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

ALTIMETER; ALTIMETRY; GNSS; GPS; HEIGHT; PRECISION; REFLECTOMETRY;

EID: 84903312790     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2303251     Document Type: Article

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