Some results of the MIRAS-SMOS demonstrator campaigns

Author

Duffo, N. ; Torres, F. ; Corbella, I. ; Gonzalez, V. ; Blanch, S. ; Camps, A. ; Vall-Ilossera, M. ; Alvarez, J.L. ; Ribo, S. ; Martin-Neira, M.

Author_Institution

Univ. Polytech. de Catalunya, Barcelona

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

3639

Lastpage

3642

Abstract

In this paper, some results of the MIRAS-SMOS demonstrator campaigns are presented. The follow two campaigns were held: an image validation campaign at IRTA side and a flight demonstrator campaign at Finland. The ultimate objective of the airborne demonstrator is to demonstrate its imaging capabilities by applying improved calibration and inversion algorithms to natural low-contrast targets.

Keywords

calibration; geophysical signal processing; hydrological techniques; inverse problems; oceanographic techniques; radar signal processing; radiometers; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Finland; IRTA; MIRAS-SMOS demonstrator campaign; airborne demonstrator; calibration; flight demonstrator campaign; image validation campaign; inversion algorithm; natural low contrast targets; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Prototypes; Radiofrequency interference; Receiving antennas; SMOS mission; Space technology; Testing; Calibration; Inversion Algorithms; MIRAS; SMOS;

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423634

Filename

4423634