Title :
A GNSS-R experiment over wave channel surface
Author :
Carreno-Luengo, Hugo ; Camps, A.
Author_Institution :
BarcelonaTech Remote Sensing Lab., Univ. Politectica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
This study presents the feasibility of sea waves monitoring using the P(Y) & C/A ReflectOmeter (PYCARO) instrument which employs a novel Global Navigation Satellite Sys tems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) correlation technique. To that end, an experiment over the wave channel surface of the civil engineering school of UPC (Barcelona, Spain) is performed using a signal generator to simulate the GPS satellites at different elevation angles. Results are compared to these derived from a wave probe sensor. The experimental evidence of sea waves determination opens a new scientific application of this remote sensing methodology.
Keywords :
ocean waves; remote sensing; satellite navigation; Barcelona; GNSS-R correlation technique; GNSS-R experiment; GPS satellites; Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry; PYCARO instrument; Spain; UPC civil engineering school; remote sensing methodology; sea wave determination; sea wave monitoring; wave channel surface; wave probe sensor; Global Positioning System; Instruments; Monitoring; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves; GNSS-R; PYCARO; Sea waves; experiment; wave channel;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1114-1
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721168
