• DocumentCode
    2200758
  • Title

    Topographic signatures in Aquarius radiometer/scatterometer response: Initial results

  • Author

    Utku, C. ; Le Vine, D.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    22-27 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    12
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    The effect of topography on remote sensing at L-band is examined using the co-located Aquarius radiometer and scatterometer observations over land. A correlation with slope standard deviation is demonstrated for both the radiometer and scatterometer at topographic scales.
  • Keywords
    radiometry; remote sensing; topography (Earth); Aquarius radiometer response; Aquarius scatterometer response; L-band; colocated Aquarius radiometer observations; remote sensing; scatterometer observations; slope standard deviation; topographic scales; topographic signatures; topography effect; Brightness temperature; Microwave radiometry; Radar measurements; Remote sensing; Spaceborne radar; Standards; Surfaces; One; five; four; three; two;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1160-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2153-6996
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350894
  • Filename
    6350894