First results on MIRAS calibration and overall SMOS performance

Author

Corbella, Ignasi ; Torres, Francesc ; Duffo, Nuria ; González-Gambau, Verónica ; Pablos, Miriam ; Duran, Israel ; Martín-Neira, Manuel

Author_Institution

Remote Sensing Lab., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2010

fDate

1-4 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

After the successful launching of the SMOS satellite, the first continuous streams of data are being processed and carefully analyzed in the frame of the SMOS In-Orbit Commissioning phase. Results regarding instrument calibration parameters retrieval, both internal and external, and brightness temperature imaging are presented. Images of ocean, ice and land are given as examples.

Keywords

calibration; geophysical image processing; radiometry; MIRAS calibration; SMOS In-Orbit Commissioning phase; SMOS satellite; brightness temperature imaging; instrument calibration parameters retrieval; interferometric synthetic aperture radiometry; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Gain; Microwave radiometry; Sea measurements; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; SMOS; interferometric synthetic aperture radiometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2010 11th Specialist Meeting on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8120-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8121-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MICRORAD.2010.5559600

Filename

5559600