Title :
Topographic signatures in Aquarius radiometer/scatterometer response: Initial results
Author :
Utku, C. ; Le Vine, D.M.
Author_Institution :
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
The effect of topography on remote sensing at L-band is examined using the co-located Aquarius radiometer and scatterometer observations over land. A correlation with slope standard deviation is demonstrated for both the radiometer and scatterometer at topographic scales.
Keywords :
radiometry; remote sensing; topography (Earth); Aquarius radiometer response; Aquarius scatterometer response; L-band; colocated Aquarius radiometer observations; remote sensing; scatterometer observations; slope standard deviation; topographic scales; topographic signatures; topography effect; Brightness temperature; Microwave radiometry; Radar measurements; Remote sensing; Spaceborne radar; Standards; Surfaces; One; five; four; three; two;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350894
