DocumentCode
1785047
Title
Faraday rotation angle retrieval using SMOS radiometric data
Author
Lin Wu ; Corbella, I. ; Torres, F. ; Duffo, N. ; Martin-Neira, Manuel
Author_Institution
Remote Sensing Lab., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
fYear
2014
fDate
24-27 March 2014
Firstpage
139
Lastpage
140
Abstract
SMOS radiometric data is used to derive Faraday rotation for a number of orbits combining several scenarios: land, ice and water. Results compare very well with the values theoretically predicted from available ionosphere and geomagnetic field data.
Keywords
geophysical techniques; remote sensing; ESA mission; European Space Agency; Faraday rotation angle retrieval; SMOS radiometric data; geomagnetic field data; ionosphere data; Faraday effect; Microwave measurement; Microwave radiometry; Orbits; Remote sensing; Space vehicles; Faraday rotation; Interferometric synthetic aperture radiometry; L-band radiometry; SMOS;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2014 13th Specialist Meeting on
Conference_Location
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-4645-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MicroRad.2014.6878926
Filename
6878926
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