Title :
Forward simulations of passive microwave observations for the soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission
Author :
Chan, Steven ; Njoku, Eni ; Dunbar, Scott
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we describe our approach to simulate realistic L-band brightness temperatures to be measured by the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission. These realistic simulated measurements are crucial because they provide a quantitative basis by which we develop and improve our pre-launch retrieval algorithms for soil moisture at 9-km and 36-km spatial scales.
Keywords :
moisture; remote sensing; soil; SMAP mission; Soil Moisture Active Passive mission; brightness temperature; passive microwave observation; Data models; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Orbits; Soil moisture; Time series analysis; Uncertainty; L-band; SMAP; freeze-thaw; soil moisture; synergy;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650752
