• DocumentCode
    2662964
  • Title

    The influence of antenna pattern on Faraday rotation in remote sensing at L-band

  • Author

    Vine, D. M Le ; Abraham, S. ; Jacob, S.D. ; Dinnat, E. ; de Matthaeis, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    23-28 July 2007
  • Firstpage
    239
  • Lastpage
    242
  • Abstract
    The influence of the antenna pattern on measured Faraday rotation is examined in the context of passive remote sensing at L-band. It is shown that while I = Tv + Th is independent of Faraday rotation to first order, I has rotation dependence when realistic antenna patterns are included in the analysis. Also, it is shown that the angle retrieved from the 3rd Stokes parameter can be biased relative to Faraday rotation at boresight.
  • Keywords
    Faraday effect; antenna radiation patterns; microwave propagation; radiometry; remote sensing; 3rd Stokes parameter; Faraday rotation; L-band; antenna radiation pattern; frequency 1.4 GHz; passive remote sensing; radiometry; Antenna measurements; Directive antennas; L-band; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Stokes parameters; TV; Antennas; Microwave Radiometery; Remote Sensing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1211-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1212-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422774
  • Filename
    4422774
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2662964