Use of IRI to model the effect of ionosphere emission on earth remote sensing at L-band

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2059-2066

  Abraham, Saji ^a   Le Vine, David M ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionosphere emission; IRI; L band; Microwave remote sensing; Radiometer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; IONOSPHERE; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS;

IONOSPHERE EMISSION; IRI; L-BAND; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 9644264293     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.06.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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