Multi-frequency and polarimetric measurements of snow microwave reflection and emission by C- and Ku-band, combined scatterometer-radiometer systems

Author

Hambaryan, Astghik K. ; Arakelyan, Artashes K. ; Hambaryan, Vardan K. ; Karyan, Vanik V. ; Manukyan, Mushegh R. ; Grigoryan, Melanya L. ; Hovhannisyan, Gagik G. ; Arakelyan, Arsen A. ; Darbinyan, Sargis A.

Author_Institution

ECOSERV Remote Obs. Centre Co.Ltd., Yerevan, Armenia

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

1733

Lastpage

1736

Abstract

In this paper the results of simultaneous and spatially coincident, dual-frequency (at C- and Ku-band), multi-polarization measurements will be represented, of bare soil and snow microwave reflective (radar backscattering coefficient) and emissive (brightness temperature) characteristics angular dependences at 5.6GHz and 15GHz.

Keywords

hydrological techniques; radar polarimetry; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; snow; C-band; Ku-band; brightness temperature; combined scatterometer-radiometer systems; frequency 15 GHz; frequency 5.6 GHz; multifrequency measurements; polarimetric measurements; radar backscattering coefficient; snow microwave reflection; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Radar measurements; Snow; Soil; Soil measurements; Temperature measurement;

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.2010.5651134

Filename

5651134