DocumentCode
3336684
Title
Spurious signal in measurement of the third Stokes parameter from space at L-band
Author
Le Vine, D.M. ; Dinnat, E.D. ; Jacob, S.D. ; Abraham, S. ; de Matthaeis, Paolo
Author_Institution
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
25-30 July 2010
Firstpage
3772
Lastpage
3773
Abstract
Spurious spikes in the third Stokes parameter have been observed in numerical simulations of the signal expected from the L-band radiometers to be flown as part of the Aquarius instrument. These signals are present over scenes with large contrast such as land water boundaries and are due to cross polarization coupling and the relatively large footprint of the antennas.
Keywords
radar antennas; radar signal processing; radiometers; spaceborne radar; Aquarius instrument; L-band radiometer; cross polarization coupling; microwave radiometry; remote sensing; spurious signal; spurious spikes; third Stokes parameter; Antennas; Couplings; Faraday effect; L-band; Radiometers; Remote sensing; Stokes parameters; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing;
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.2010.5651654
Filename
5651654
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