Title :
Faraday rotation correction in the polarimetric mode of MIRAS
Author :
Ribó, Serni ; Martín-Neira, Manuel
Author_Institution :
Inst. d´´Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
fDate :
7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes a new method to compensate the Faraday rotation in polarimetric radiometric measurements under the assumption that the polarimetric brightness temperature matrix of the target is diagonal. Simulations results of how this method can be used within the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission and the Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis imaging radiometer are presented.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; hydrological techniques; hydrology; microwave imaging; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; radar imaging; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Faraday rotation correction; L-band; MIRAS; Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis; SMOS; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission; aperture synthesis imaging radiometer; polarimetric brightness temperature matrix; polarimetric mode; radiometric measurements; synthetic aperture radiometry; Antenna measurements; Brightness temperature; L-band; Microwave imaging; Microwave radiometry; Polarization; Rotation measurement; SMOS mission; Sea measurements; Space technology; Faraday rotation; L-band; MIRAS; Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis; SMOS; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity; polarimetric radiometry; synthetic aperture radiometry;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2004.828189
