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Radio-Frequency Interference (RFI) in Passive Microwave Sensing

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Kunkee, D. (2014). Radio-Frequency Interference (RFI) in Passive Microwave Sensing. 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_153

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