A comprehensive analysis of AMSRE C- and X-bands Radio Frequency Interferences

The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSRE) on Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua was able to acquire global microwave data for nearly nine years, from June 2002 to October 2011. During its operational phase, the main problem of data quality was due to the Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), which contaminated data acquired at C- and, with less relevance, X-bands. In this work, the multi-temporal Robust Satellite Techniques (RST) approach has been applied to automatically identify areas systematically affected by RFI, contaminating C- and X-band AMSRE radiances. With the scope of producing reliable RFI exclusion maps at global scale, data acquired globally from June 2002 to June 2011 were analyzed.