A passive and active microwave-vector radiative transfer (PAM-VRT) model

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 165, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-133

  Yang, Jun ^a,b   Min, Qilong ^b,c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Particles property; Passive and active microwave; Surface emissivity; Vector model

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GAS ABSORPTION; MICROWAVES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VECTORS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ACTIVE MICROWAVE; COMMUNITY RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; MICROWAVE MODELING; MICROWAVE RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SURFACE EMISSIVITY; VECTOR MODELS; VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATABASE; EMISSIVITY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 84937940448     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.06.028     Document Type: Article

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