DocumentCode
1430186
Title
Compensation of elevation angle variations in polarimetric brightness temperature measurements from airborne microwave radiometers
Author
Corbella, I. ; Gasiewski, A.J. ; Klein, M. ; Piepmeier, J.R.
Author_Institution
Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Volume
39
Issue
1
fYear
2001
fDate
1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
193
Lastpage
195
Abstract
This paper presents a method for compensating the elevation angle fluctuations occurring in airborne radiometry due to aircraft roll and pitch. The correction is based on a radiative transfer model, and is demonstrated by real data from conical scans over the ocean, showing good results
Keywords
atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; terrain mapping; airborne microwave radiometer; aircraft roll; atmosphere; conical scan; correction; elevation angle variation; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; meteorology; microwave radiometry; ocean; pitch; polarimetric brightness temperature; radiative transfer model; remote sensing; sea surface; terrain mapping; Aircraft; Brightness temperature; Geophysical measurements; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Radiometers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Temperature measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0196-2892
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/36.898683
Filename
898683
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