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

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.