A GNSS-R experiment over wave channel surface

Author

Carreno-Luengo, Hugo ; Camps, A.

Author_Institution

BarcelonaTech Remote Sensing Lab., Univ. Politectica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2013

fDate

21-26 July 2013

Firstpage

366

Lastpage

369

Abstract

This study presents the feasibility of sea waves monitoring using the P(Y) & C/A ReflectOmeter (PYCARO) instrument which employs a novel Global Navigation Satellite Sys tems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) correlation technique. To that end, an experiment over the wave channel surface of the civil engineering school of UPC (Barcelona, Spain) is performed using a signal generator to simulate the GPS satellites at different elevation angles. Results are compared to these derived from a wave probe sensor. The experimental evidence of sea waves determination opens a new scientific application of this remote sensing methodology.

Keywords

ocean waves; remote sensing; satellite navigation; Barcelona; GNSS-R correlation technique; GNSS-R experiment; GPS satellites; Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry; PYCARO instrument; Spain; UPC civil engineering school; remote sensing methodology; sea wave determination; sea wave monitoring; wave channel surface; wave probe sensor; Global Positioning System; Instruments; Monitoring; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves; GNSS-R; PYCARO; Sea waves; experiment; wave channel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1114-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721168

Filename

6721168