DocumentCode
3321126
Title
Forward simulations of passive microwave observations for the soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission
Author
Chan, Steven ; Njoku, Eni ; Dunbar, Scott
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
25-30 July 2010
Firstpage
4839
Lastpage
4842
Abstract
In this paper, we describe our approach to simulate realistic L-band brightness temperatures to be measured by the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission. These realistic simulated measurements are crucial because they provide a quantitative basis by which we develop and improve our pre-launch retrieval algorithms for soil moisture at 9-km and 36-km spatial scales.
Keywords
moisture; remote sensing; soil; SMAP mission; Soil Moisture Active Passive mission; brightness temperature; passive microwave observation; Data models; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Orbits; Soil moisture; Time series analysis; Uncertainty; L-band; SMAP; freeze-thaw; soil moisture; synergy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Honolulu, HI
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN
2153-6996
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650752
Filename
5650752
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