Snow Property Measurements Correlative to Microwave Emission at 35 GHz

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-25, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 751-757

  Davis, Robert E ^a   Dozier, Jeff ^b,c   Chang, Alfred T ^d  

^a Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b Quantum Optics Group   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

microstructure; microwave; radiative; Snow; transfer; wetness

Indexed keywords

RADIOMETERS - MICROWAVES;

MICROWAVE EMISSION; SNOW PROPERTY;

SNOW AND SNOWFALL;

EID: 84944020789     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1987.289745     Document Type: Article

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