Title :
Ndsa measurements between two counter rotating leo satellites: Performance evaluation at global scale in Ku, K and M bands
Author :
Cuccoli, F. ; Facheris, L. ; Garzelli, Andrea ; Zoppetti, Claudia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Univ. of Florence, Florence, Italy
Abstract :
In this work we present and discuss the effects of different scintillation models on the Normalize Differential Spectral Attenuation (NDSA) measurements in a counter-rotating Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) set event at 17, 19, 21, 32, 179 and 182 GHz. Some parameters of the scintillation models used here are computed at global scale using an European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) global dataset. The scintillation effects on the NDSA measurements are analyzed in terms of relative error of the their estimation.
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; remote sensing by laser beam; troposphere; weather forecasting; ECMWF global dataset; European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts; NDSA measurements; counter rotating LEO satellites; counter-rotating low earth orbiting set event; global scale K band; global scale KU band; global scale M band; global scale computation; normalize differential spectral attenuation measurements; performance evaluation; relative estimation error; scintillation model effects; scintillation model parameters; troposphere liquid water; troposphere water vapor; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Liquids; Low earth orbit satellites; Sensitivity; LEO-LEO; Spectral sensitivity; atmospheric profiling; integrated liquid water; integrated water vapor; microwave absorption; scintillation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1114-1
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723551
