Time-domain statistics of the electromagnetic bias in GNSS-reflectometry

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 11151-11162

  Ghavidel, Ali ^a   Camps, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Electromagnetic bias; Navigation; Reflectometry; Signals; Time dependence

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION; PHYSICAL OPTICS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SIGNALING; SPACE STATIONS; STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ALTIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC BIAS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; REFLECTOMETRY; RIGHT-HAND CIRCULAR POLARIZATIONS; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME DOMAIN ELECTROMAGNETICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION;

EID: 84942549196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70911151     Document Type: Article

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