Conference paper
The airborne EMIRAD L-band radiometer system
This paper describes the EMIRAD L-band radiometer, developed in support of the ESA/SMOS mission. The instrument is a fully polarimetric, dual antenna system, built with special focus on antenna accuracy, receiver stability, and detection and mitigation of radio frequency interference (RFI). The EMIRAD system has been installed on three different airborne platforms for measurements of sea surface signatures and salinity, soil moisture, and the homogeneity of the Antarctic SMOS calibration site.
The installations are shown in the paper, and some major results for ocean and ice observations are given.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Pages: | 1900-1903 |
| Proceedings: | 2013 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing SymposiumIEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium |
| Series: | Ieee International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings |
| ISBN: | 1479911127 , 1479911143 , 9781479911127 and 9781479911141 |
| ISSN: | 21537003 and 21536996 |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| DOI: | 10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723175 |
| ORCIDs: | Søbjærg, Sten Schmidl , Kristensen, Steen Savstrup , Balling, Jan E. and Skou, Niels |
Antarctic SMOS calibration site Antennas Calibration ESA-SMOS mission Field programmable gate arrays Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics L-band Microwave radiometry Noise RFI Radio Frequency Interference Radiometer SMOS Salinity airborne EMIRAD L-band radiometer system calibration moisture measurement oceanographic equipment oceanographic techniques polarimetric dual antenna system radio receivers radiofrequency interference radiometers receiver stability receiving antennas salinity (geophysical) sea surface measurement soil moisture surface topography measurement
