A study of radio frequency interference in the space-to-Earth exploration allocation at L-band

Author

Belz, J. Eric ; Huneycutt, Bryan L. ; Spencer, Michael W.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

5-12 March 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

We report on ongoing studies of the anthropogenic radio frequency interference (RFI) in the L-band allocation for space-to-Earth exploration. The studies are being conducted for the radar instrument on the proposed Soil Moisture Active/Passive (SMAP) mission. A review of the allocated emitters is presented, followed by analysis based on space-borne and airborne data collected from the PALSAR sensor and the UAVSAR sensor. We use these data to model the pulsed RFI environment for SMAP and to demonstrate that the baseline plans for RFI mitigation are technically sound.

Keywords

interference suppression; radar equipment; radiofrequency interference; sensors; space communication links; L-band allocation; PALSAR sensor; RFI mitigation; UAVSAR sensor; airborne data; emitter allocation; radar instrument; radio frequency interference; soil moisture active-passive mission; space-to-Earth exploration allocation; spaceborne data; Apertures; Extraterrestrial measurements; L-band; Pixel; Radiometry; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7350-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2011.5747417

Filename

5747417