Conference paper
Spaceborne L-band Radiometers: Push-broom or Synthetic Aperture?
L-band radiometers can measure ocean salinity and soil moisture from space. A synthetic aperture radiometer system, SMOS, is under development by ESA for launch in 2007. A real aperture push-broom system, Aquarius, has been approved by NASA for launch in 2008. Pros et cons of the two fundamentally different imaging concepts behind the two missions are discussed.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Pages: | 1264,1265,1266,1267 |
| Proceedings: | 2004 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium |
| ISBN: | 0780387422 and 9780780387423 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368646 |
| ORCIDs: | Skou, Niels |
AD 2007 AD 2008 Apertures Aquarius ESA European Space Agency Extraterrestrial measurements L-band Moisture measurement NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ocean salinity Radiometers SMOS Sea measurements Soil measurements Soil moisture aperture push-broom system geophysical techniques moisture oceanography radiometry soil soil moisture and ocean salinity spaceborne L-band radiometer synthetic aperture radiometer
