Ndsa measurements between two counter rotating leo satellites: Performance evaluation at global scale in Ku, K and M bands

Author

Cuccoli, F. ; Facheris, L. ; Garzelli, Andrea ; Zoppetti, Claudia

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of Florence, Florence, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

21-26 July 2013

Firstpage

3371

Lastpage

3374

Abstract

In this work we present and discuss the effects of different scintillation models on the Normalize Differential Spectral Attenuation (NDSA) measurements in a counter-rotating Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) set event at 17, 19, 21, 32, 179 and 182 GHz. Some parameters of the scintillation models used here are computed at global scale using an European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) global dataset. The scintillation effects on the NDSA measurements are analyzed in terms of relative error of the their estimation.

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; remote sensing by laser beam; troposphere; weather forecasting; ECMWF global dataset; European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts; NDSA measurements; counter rotating LEO satellites; counter-rotating low earth orbiting set event; global scale K band; global scale KU band; global scale M band; global scale computation; normalize differential spectral attenuation measurements; performance evaluation; relative estimation error; scintillation model effects; scintillation model parameters; troposphere liquid water; troposphere water vapor; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Liquids; Low earth orbit satellites; Sensitivity; LEO-LEO; Spectral sensitivity; atmospheric profiling; integrated liquid water; integrated water vapor; microwave absorption; scintillation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1114-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723551

Filename

6723551