Preliminary results of the advanced L-band transmission and reflection observation of the sea surface (albatross) campaign: Preparing the SMOS calibration and validation activities

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Talone, M ^a,b   Camps, A ^a,b   Marchan Hernandez J F ^a   Miguel Tarongi, J ^a   Piles, M ^a,b   Bosch Lluis, X ^a   Ramos Perez I ^a   Valencia, E ^a   Rodriguez Alvarez N ^a   Vall llossera, M ^a,b   Ferre P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta   (Spain)

Author keywords

GPS reflectometry; L band; Microwave radiometry; SMOS

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; L-BAND MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; NORTH ATLANTIC; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; REFLECTED GPS; REFLECTOMETRY; SEA FOAM; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA SURFACES; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY MISSIONS; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; WAVE SPECTRA; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; DATA PROCESSING; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MICROWAVES; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 77951286012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417479     Document Type: Conference Paper

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