Title :
The EuroSTARRS campaign in support of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission
Author :
Berger, Michael ; Lopez-Baeza, Ernesto ; Wigneron, Jean-Pierre ; Calvet, Jean-Christophe ; Simmonds, Lester ; Miller, Jerry ; Finkenzeller, Heinz ; Etcheto, Jacqueline ; Camps, Adriano ; Font, Jordi ; Wursteisen, Patrick ; Main, Bruce ; Fletcher, Peter ;
Author_Institution :
ESTEC, Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
The US Salinity Temperature and Roughness Remote Scanner (STARRS) was exploited during an European campaign in 2001 (EuroSTARRS) supporting the scientific preparation of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission. This paper is intended to introduce the EuroSTARRS experiment set-up and to provide an overview of all activities performed during this campaign.
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; soil; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; 1.4 GHz; AD 2001; EuroSTARRS; European campaign; L-band; SMOS; STARRS; Salinity Temperature and Roughness Remote Scanner; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; microwave radiometry; ocean; remote sensing; retrieval algorithm; salinity; soil moisture; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Atmospheric modeling; Earth; Information retrieval; L-band; Ocean salinity; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Predictive models; SMOS mission; Soil moisture;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025805
