Title :
Image reconstruction algorithms for 2D aperture synthesis radiometers
Author :
Anterrieu, E. ; Camps, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. Signal, Image & Instrum., Univ. de Toulouse, Toulouse
Abstract :
The SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) mission is an Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission from the European Space Agency that will be launched in Spring 2009. SMOSpsila single payload is a new type of radiometer called MIRAS (Microwave Imaging Radiometer by Aperture Synthesis) operating at L-band in which brightness temperature images are formed by a Fourier synthesis technique. An updated overview of the current status of the image reconstruction algorithms in 2D Aperture Synthesis Radiometers for Earth Observation, with special emphasis in the SMOS mission is presented.
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; hydrological techniques; image reconstruction; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing; 2D aperture synthesis radiometers; AD 2009; Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission; European Space Agency; Fourier synthesis technique; L-band radiometry; MIRAS; Microwave Imaging Radiometer by Aperture Synthesis; SMOS mission; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission; brightness temperature images; image reconstruction algorithm; Apertures; Earth; Image reconstruction; Microwave imaging; Microwave theory and techniques; Payloads; Radiometers; SMOS mission; Space missions; Springs;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2008. MICRORAD 2008
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1986-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1987-6
DOI :
10.1109/MICRAD.2008.4579462
