Sea surface emission at L-band using the IEM method

Author

Sabia, Roberto ; Vall-llossera, Merc?¨ ; Migliaccio, Maurizio

Author_Institution

Dept. Signal Theory. & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

4

fYear

2003

Firstpage

2786

Abstract

The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) aims to provide a global and precise soil moisture estimation over land and salinity content over oceans. In this paper we focus on ocean application of the SMOS mission. The brightness temperature of the sea surface with small or moderate roughness is computed with the IEM method, using an analytical n-dependent power-law spectrum that describes the sea-state conditions. Then, the accuracy of the brightness temperature computation with the number of terms of the n-power spectrum is determined. Furthermore, its variation with wind speed is also analyzed.

Keywords

microwave imaging; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; remote sensing; wind; European Space Agency; L-band; SMOS Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission; brightness temperature; integral equation model; n-dependent power law spectrum; salinity content; sea surface emission; wind speed; Brightness temperature; Earth; L-band; Ocean temperature; Rough surfaces; SMOS mission; Sea surface; Soil moisture; Space missions; Surface roughness;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294585

Filename

1294585