Title :
Compensation of elevation angle variations in polarimetric brightness temperature measurements from airborne microwave radiometers
Author :
Corbella, I. ; Gasiewski, A.J. ; Klein, M. ; Piepmeier, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
fDate :
1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a method for compensating the elevation angle fluctuations occurring in airborne radiometry due to aircraft roll and pitch. The correction is based on a radiative transfer model, and is demonstrated by real data from conical scans over the ocean, showing good results
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; terrain mapping; airborne microwave radiometer; aircraft roll; atmosphere; conical scan; correction; elevation angle variation; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; meteorology; microwave radiometry; ocean; pitch; polarimetric brightness temperature; radiative transfer model; remote sensing; sea surface; terrain mapping; Aircraft; Brightness temperature; Geophysical measurements; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Radiometers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Temperature measurement;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
