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Recommended Terminology For Microwave Radiometry

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James P. Randa, Janne Lahtinen, Adriano Camps, A. Gasiewski, Martti Hallikainen, David Leine V, Manuel Martin-Neira, Jeff Piepmeier, Philip Rosenkranz, Christopher Ruf, James Shiue, Niels Skou

Abstract

We present recommended definitions for common terms in microwave remote-sensing radiometry. Terms are grouped into three chapters: General Terminology, Real-Aperture Radiometers, and Polarimetric Radiometry. AN alphabetical index lists the terms that are defined and the chapters in which the definitions are located.
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Technical Note (NIST TN) -

Keywords

definitions, microwave radiometry, remote sensing, standard terminology

Citation

Randa, J. , Lahtinen, J. , Camps, A. , Gasiewski, A. , Hallikainen, M. , Leine, D. , Martin-Neira, M. , Piepmeier, J. , Rosenkranz, P. , Ruf, C. , Shiue, J. and Skou, N. (2008), Recommended Terminology For Microwave Radiometry, Technical Note (NIST TN), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=33079 (Accessed April 26, 2024)
Created August 1, 2008, Updated February 19, 2017