Contribution to the characterization of interferometric radiometers devoted to Earth observation: application to the MIRAS/SMOS payload

The variability of soil moisture and ocean salinity controls the continuous exchange of water between the oceans, the atmosphere and the land. Therefore, the accurate and periodic measurements of these geophysical variables are paramount to improve the climate change prediction and extreme-event for...

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Main Author: González Gambau, Verónica
Other Authors: Torres Torres, Francesc
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/96760