Title :
Multi-frequency, multi-polarization and angular measurements of bare soil, snow and water ice microwave reflection and emission by C-, Ku-, and Ka-band, combined scatterometer-radiometer systems
Author :
Arakelyan, Artashes ; Hambaryan, Astghik ; Hambaryan, Vardan ; Karyan, Vanik ; Manukyan, Mushegh ; Grigoryan, Melanya ; Hovhannisyan, Gagik G. ; Arakelyan, Arsen A. ; Simonyan, Marine ; Krdyan, Mariam
Author_Institution :
ECOSERV Remote Obs. Centre Co..Ltd., Yerevan, Armenia
Abstract :
In this paper the results of simultaneous and spatially coincident, multi-frequency (at C-, Ku- and Ka-band), multi-polarization measurements of bare soil, soil snow cover and pool water ice cover microwave reflective (radar backscattering coefficient) and emissive (brightness temperature) characteristics angular dependences at 5.6GHz 15GHz and 37GHz will be represented. As well as structural and operational features of ArtAr-5.6 (C-band), ArtAr-15 (Ku-band) and ArtAr-37 (Ka-band), dual-polarization, combined scatterometric-radiometric systems will be discussed.
Keywords :
angular measurement; backscatter; frequency measurement; geophysical equipment; ice; microwave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; snow; soil; ArtAr-15 characteristics; ArtAr-37 characteristics; ArtAr-5.6 characteristics; C-band; Ka-band; Ku-band; bare soil angular measurement; bare soil multifrequency measurement; bare soil multipolarization measurement; brightness temperature characteristics; frequency 15 GHz; frequency 37 GHz; frequency 5.6 GHz; pool water ice cover microwave reflective characteristics; radar backscattering coefficient; remote sensing; scatterometer-radiometer system; snow microwave emission; snow microwave reflection; soil snow cover characteristics; water ice microwave emission; Antenna measurements; Microwave measurements; Radar measurements; Snow; Soil; Soil measurements; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049736
