Sea surface emissivity observations at L-band: first preliminary results of the WInd and Salinity Experiment WISE-2000

Author

Camps, A. ; Corbella, I. ; Vall-llossera, M. ; Villarino, R. ; Enrique, L. ; Font, J. ; Julià, A. ; Gabarró, C. ; Etchetto, J. ; Boutin, J. ; Weill, A. ; Torres, F. ; Duffo, N. ; Niclós, R. ; Caselles, V. ; Wursteisen, P. ; Martín-Neira, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. Signal Theor. & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1371

Abstract

This paper presents the first measurements processed from the data acquired with the L-band AUtomatic RAdiometer (LAURA) during the WInd and Salinity Experiment (WISE-2000). Experimental results are compared to a sea surface emissivity model developed by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). The sensitivity of the brightness temperatures at vertical and horizontal polarizations to wind speed are discussed, as well as the weak azimuthal signature found

Keywords

oceanography; remote sensing; wind; L-band Automatic Radiometer data; LAURA; WISE-2000; Wind and Salinity Experiment; azimuthal signature; brightness temperatures; horizontal polarizations; sea surface emissivity observations; vertical polarizations; Azimuth; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Etching; L-band; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Sea measurements; Sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976848

Filename

976848