Surveys and analysis of RFI in preparation for SMOS: Results from airborne campaigns and first impressions from satellite data

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 49, Issue 12 PART 1, 2011, Pages 4821-4831

  Balling, Jan E ^a   Kristensen, Steen Savstrup ^a   Søbjaerg, Sten Schmidl ^a   Skou, Niels ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Kurtosis; L band; microwave; radio frequency interference (RFI); radiometer; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS)

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-WAVE SIGNALS; DATA SETS; DETECTION METHODS; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; KURTOSIS; L-BAND; L-BAND RADIOMETER; LOW DUTY-CYCLES; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE (RFI); SATELLITE DATA; SEA SALINITY; SIGNATURE ALGORITHMS; SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY (SMOS); SOIL MOISTURE AND OCEAN SALINITY MISSIONS; STOKES PARAMETER METHOD; STOKES PARAMETERS; VARIABLE INCIDENCE ANGLE;

MICROWAVES; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADIO; RADIO INTERFERENCE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; RADIO WAVE; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SMOS; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 82155164362     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2172796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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