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Super High Frequency (SHF) radiometry began to develop in the 1950s mainly in the former Soviet Union and the United States, with the aim of studying the emission of natural and anthropogenic objects in all weather conditions, the composition of radio-landscapes maps, the development of the recognition methodology for the land and water surfaces and on their basis the application of the radio-landscape navigation.

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  2. Institute of Radio-Engineering and Electronics, Fryazino, Russia

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Varotsos, C.A., Krapivin, V.F. (2020). Basic Concepts of Microwave Radiometry. In: Microwave Remote Sensing Tools in Environmental Science . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45767-9_1

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