Title :
MIRAS Airborne Demonstrator
Author :
Ribó, Serni ; Martín-Neira, Manuel ; Cabeza, Isabel ; Tauriainen, Simo ; Duffo, Nuria
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´´Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Bellaterra
Abstract :
This paper presents the MIRAS Airborne Demonstrator, a prototype instrument for the MIRAS radiometer onboard the SMOS mission. A description of the instrument is given, the first results of its performances and the planned follow on activities to be done
Keywords :
geophysical equipment; radiometers; remote sensing; MIRAS Airborne Demonstrator; MIRAS radiometer; Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis; SMOS mission; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity; Aircraft; Antenna measurements; Instruments; Laboratories; Microwave imaging; Microwave radiometry; Prototypes; SMOS mission; Sea measurements; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE MicroRad, 2006
Conference_Location :
SanJuan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9417-8
DOI :
10.1109/MICRAD.2006.1677060
