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Microwave Surface Scattering and Emission

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  1. College of Engineering, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Michigan, 2600 Draper Road; 115 NAME Bldg, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2145, USA

    David R. Lyzenga

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  1. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA

    Eni G. Njoku

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Lyzenga, D.R. (2014). Microwave Surface Scattering and Emission. In: Njoku, E.G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36699-9_104

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