Title :
The Results of Spatio-Temporally Combined, Microwave Active-Passive Measurements of Snow, Bear and Vegetated Soil at 37GHz
Author :
Arakelyan, A.A. ; Manukyan, M.R. ; Hambaryan, A.K. ; Arakelyan, A.K.
Author_Institution :
ECOSERV Remote Obs. Centre Co. Ltd., Yerevan
fDate :
July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006
Abstract :
In this paper preliminary results of simultaneous and spatially coincident, polarimetric measurements of snow, bear and vegetated soil microwave reflective (radar backscattering coefficient) and proper radio thermal emission (brightness temperature) characteristics at 37GHz are presented.
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; microwave detectors; microwave measurement; radar polarimetry; snow; soil; vegetation; Armenia; GHz; bear soil; brightness temperature characteristics; frequency 37 GHz; microwave active-passive measurements; microwave reflective characteristics; polarimetric measurements; radar backscattering coefficient; radio thermal emission; snow; vegetated soil; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Frequency measurement; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Polarization; Radar measurements; Snow; Soil measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9510-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2006.529
