Passive polarimetric remote sensing of the ocean surface during the Rough Evaporation Duct experiment (RED 2001)

Author

Pons, Juan ; Reising, Steven C. ; Padmanabhan, Sharmila ; Camps, Adriano ; Duffo, Nuria

Author_Institution

EADS-CASA ESPACIO, Madrid, Spain

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

21-25 July 2003

Firstpage

2732

Abstract

This paper describes the deployment of a fully polarimetric K-band radiometer in the Rough Evaporation Duct (RED) experiment, which was conducted during August and September of 2001. The calibration of the four Stokes parameters is described, along with a comparison of the measurements with results of both the Klein-Swift and Ellison et al. sea surface dielectric models. The purpose of the experiment was to improve physical forward models of the ocean surface emission in order to improve wind vector retrieval algorithms.

Keywords

microwave imaging; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; polarimetry; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; wind; AD 2001 08 to 2001 09; Rough Evaporation Duct experiment; Stokes parameters; ocean surface; ocean surface emission; passive polarimetric remote sensing; physical forward models; polarimetric K-band radiometer; sea surface dielectric models; wind vector retrieval algorithms; Calibration; Ducts; K-band; Oceans; Radiometry; Remote sensing; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; Stokes parameters; 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.2003.1294567

Filename

1294567