Preliminary results of angular and polarization measurements of snow, bare and vegetated soils, smooth and perturbed water surfaces, clear air sky and clouds microwave reflection and emission at 37GHz

Author

Arakelyan, Arsen ; Hambaryan, Astghik ; Arakelyan, Arsen

Author_Institution

ECOSERV Remote Obs. Centre Co. Ltd., Yerevan, Armenia

fYear

2014

fDate

16-23 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper the results of spatio-temporally collocated polarization measurements of snow, bare and vegetated soils, smooth and perturbed pool fresh water surfaces, clear air sky and clouds microwave reflective and emissive characteristics angular dependences at ~37GHz are presented. As well as a structure and operational features of utilized Ka-band, multi-polarization, combined scatterometer-radiometer system, measuring and calibration facilities are discussed.

Keywords

clouds; geophysical techniques; snow; soil; vegetation; bare soil angular measurement; bare soil polarization measurement; clear air sky; clouds emissive characteristics; clouds microwave reflection; clouds microwave reflective characteristics; snow angular measurement; snow polarization measurement; vegetated soil angular measurement; vegetated soil polarization measurement; water surfaces; Clouds; Microwave measurement; Microwave radiometry; Snow; Soil; Soil measurements; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929600

Filename

6929600