Microwave radiometer (MWR) beam-pointing validation for the Aquarius/SAC-D mission

Author

Clymer, Bradley ; May, C. ; Schneider, Larry ; Madero, Felipe ; Labanda, Martin ; Jacob, Minu M. ; Linwood Jones, W.

Author_Institution

Central Florida Remote Sensing Lab. (CFRSL), Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

24-27 March 2014

Firstpage

221

Lastpage

225

Abstract

The Aquarius/SAC-D joint international science mission, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Argentine Space Agency, CONAE, was launched on June 10, 2011. The purpose of the Aquarius/SAC-D mission is to provide measurements of global sea surface salinity (SSS), which will be used to understand climatic changes of the global water cycle and how these changes influence the general ocean circulation.

Keywords

oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; salinity (geophysical); AD 2011 06 10; Aquarius-SAC-D mission; Argentine Space Agency; CONAE instrument; MWR IFOV centers; MWR antenna beam footprint geolocation; MWR antenna beam pointing; MWR beam center geolocation error; NASA; beam gain pattern; frequency 23.8 GHz; frequency 36.5 GHz; general ocean circulation; global sea surface salinity; global water cycle; high-resolution coastline maps; instantaneous field-of-view; land-water transition; microwave radiometer beam-pointing validation; multibeam parabolic reflector antennas; three-channel Dicke radiometer; Brightness temperature; Earth; Geology; Microwave radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Sea measurements; Calibration; Geolocation; Microwave Radiometry; Passive Microwave Remote Sensing;

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.2014.6878944

Filename

6878944