Title :
PAU Instrument aboard INTA MicroSAT-1: Initial results of the FM model from an airborne experiment
Author :
Alonso-Arroyo, A. ; Camps, A. ; Pascual, D. ; Park, Heejung ; Alcayde, A. ; Chavero, S. ; Martinez, P. ; Crespo, L. ; Angulo, Manuel ; Rius, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
This work presents the PAU instrument aboard the satellite INTA MicroSAT-1. The PAU instrument is a combination of a Radiometer and a GNSS Reflectometer designed to study the relationship GNSS-R observables (Delay Doppler Maps) and the L-Band brightness temperature measurements to improve the Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) retrievals. This work describes an airborne experiment conducted to preliminary test the PAU instrument GNSS-R observables sensibility to sea state and to explore other applications of the instrument.
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; radiometers; reflectometers; GNSS reflectometer; GNSS-R observables; INTA MicroSAT-1 satellite; L-Band brightness temperature measurements; PAU instrument; airborne experiment; delay Doppler maps; radiometer; sea surface salinity; Antennas; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea state; Delay-Doppler Map (DDM); Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R); Microwave Radiometry; Sea Surface Salinity (SSS); Sea-state;
Conference_Titel :
Reflectometry Using GNSS and Other Signals of Opportunity (GNSS+R), 2012 Workshop on
Conference_Location :
West Lafayette, IN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2883-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2884-5
DOI :
10.1109/GNSSR.2012.6408252
