Title :
Use the feature of atmospheric millimeter wave emission for remote sounding of Earth cover
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Abstract :
Principal possibilities of passive remote sounding in millimeter wavelength region for determine of scattering characteristics and thermodynamic temperature of Earth´s surface top layer and also identification of natural objects by using of spectral features of atmospheric incident radiation are considered.
Keywords :
atmospheric radiation; atmospheric temperature; land surface temperature; millimetre wave imaging; remote sensing; Earth cover; Earth surface top layer; atmospheric incident radiation; atmospheric millimeter wave emission; millimeter wavelength region; natural object identification; passive remote sounding; scattering characteristic; spectral feature; thermodynamic temperature; Atmospheric modeling; Atmospheric waves; Brightness temperature; Earth; Millimeter wave technology; Scattering; Thermodynamics; Earth cover; millimeter wave; mirowave; radiometry; remote sensing; scattering indicatrix; surface albedo;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206663
