A numerical simulator to evaluate the electromagnetic bias in GNSS-R altimetry

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 4066-4069

  Ghavidel, Ali ^a   Schiavulli, Domenico ^b   Camps, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

altimetry; electromagnetic bias; GNSS R; scattering

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SCATTERING; SURFACE WATERS;

ALTIMETRY; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC BIAS; GEOMETRIC OPTICS; GNSS-R; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; OCEAN SURFACES; SCATTERED WAVES;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84911371401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947379     Document Type: Conference Paper

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