Title :
The EUROSTARRS experiment over land surfaces (SMOS Mission): first results
Author :
Calvet, J.C. ; Pellarin, T. ; Wigneron, J.-P. ; Baeza, E. Lopez ; Saleh, K. ; Berger, M. ; Simmonds, L. ; Miller, J.
Author_Institution :
Centre Nat. de Recherches Meteorol., Toulouse, France
Abstract :
This paper describes the ESA-funded airborne EUROSTARRS experiment over land. A multiangle L-band radiometer was flown over a large variety of landscapes in France and Spain during the autumn of 2001. The data analysis will be performed in the framework of an ESA project to assess the feasibility of retrieving soil moisture by a future spaceborne Earth observation mission.
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; soil; terrain mapping; AD 2001; EUROSTARRS; France; L-band; SMOS; Spain; airborne experiment; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; land surface; landscape; microwave radiometry; remote sensing; soil moisture; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Earth; L-band; Laboratories; Land surface; Microwave radiometry; SMOS mission; Samarium; Sea surface; Soil moisture; Vegetation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025806
