Title :
Status of RFI in the 1400–1427 MHz passive band: The SMOS perspective
Author :
Oliva, R. ; Daganzo, E. ; Soldo, Yan ; Kerr, Yann ; Cabot, Francois ; Richaume, Philippe ; Anterrieu, Eric ; Gutierrez, Alvaro ; Barbosa, J. ; Lopes, Gary
Author_Institution :
ESA-ESAC Villanueva de la Canada, Eur. Space Agency, Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
Abstract :
The current paper describes the status of Radio Frequency interference (RFI) in the SMOS observations and the recent efforts performed by the SMOS team to mitigate the negative effects of the interfering sources. This efforts comprise new methodologies being introduced at the new level 1 processor in order to flag the observations affected by RFI and a continuous monitoring and reporting of the RFI sources worldwide, to request countries to protect the spectrum from illegal transmissions.
Keywords :
microwave imaging; oceanographic techniques; radiofrequency interference; salinity (geophysical); soil; RFI sources; SMOS observations; SMOS perspective; SMOS team; interfering sources; passive band; radio frequency interference; soil moisture and ocean salinity mission; Antenna measurements; Europe; Geophysical measurements; Monitoring; Radiofrequency interference; SMOS mission; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929667
