Multi-frequency, multi-polarization and angular measurements of bare soil, snow and water ice microwave reflection and emission by C-, Ku-, and Ka-band, combined scatterometer-radiometer systems

Author

Arakelyan, Artashes ; Hambaryan, Astghik ; Hambaryan, Vardan ; Karyan, Vanik ; Manukyan, Mushegh ; Grigoryan, Melanya ; Hovhannisyan, Gagik G. ; Arakelyan, Arsen A. ; Simonyan, Marine ; Krdyan, Mariam

Author_Institution

ECOSERV Remote Obs. Centre Co..Ltd., Yerevan, Armenia

fYear

2011

fDate

24-29 July 2011

Firstpage

2605

Lastpage

2608

Abstract

In this paper the results of simultaneous and spatially coincident, multi-frequency (at C-, Ku- and Ka-band), multi-polarization measurements of bare soil, soil snow cover and pool water ice cover microwave reflective (radar backscattering coefficient) and emissive (brightness temperature) characteristics angular dependences at 5.6GHz 15GHz and 37GHz will be represented. As well as structural and operational features of ArtAr-5.6 (C-band), ArtAr-15 (Ku-band) and ArtAr-37 (Ka-band), dual-polarization, combined scatterometric-radiometric systems will be discussed.

Keywords

angular measurement; backscatter; frequency measurement; geophysical equipment; ice; microwave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; snow; soil; ArtAr-15 characteristics; ArtAr-37 characteristics; ArtAr-5.6 characteristics; C-band; Ka-band; Ku-band; bare soil angular measurement; bare soil multifrequency measurement; bare soil multipolarization measurement; brightness temperature characteristics; frequency 15 GHz; frequency 37 GHz; frequency 5.6 GHz; pool water ice cover microwave reflective characteristics; radar backscattering coefficient; remote sensing; scatterometer-radiometer system; snow microwave emission; snow microwave reflection; soil snow cover characteristics; water ice microwave emission; Antenna measurements; Microwave measurements; Radar measurements; Snow; Soil; Soil measurements; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1003-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049736

Filename

6049736