Title :
On the use of compact L-band Dicke radiometer (ARIEL) and UAV for soil moisture and salinity map retrieval: 2008/2009 field experiments
Author :
Acevo-Herrera, R. ; Aguasca, A. ; Bosch-Lluis, X. ; Camps, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. Teor. del Senyal i Comumcacions, Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
A light-weight L-band radiometer has been designed and implemented at the RS Lab of the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) to gather radiometric airborne data sets. The design of the compact L-band Dicke radiometer (ARIEL) and a general overview of the self-designed aircraft were described in. Preliminary results of the avionics and the radiometer have proven the system performance and capabilities for soil moisture and sea surface salinity retrieval applications. Among other activities, ARIEL will be involved in the SMOS CAL/VAL activities that will take place in the REMEDHUS site (Salamanca, Spain) during the second half of 2009.
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; moisture; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; remotely operated vehicles; seawater; soil; AD 2008 to 2009; ARIEL; REMEDHUS site; SMOS CAL-VAL activities; Salamanca; Spain; UAV; airborne radiometric data sets; avionics; compact L-band Dicke radiometer; lightweight L-band radiometer; sea surface salinity map retrieval; soil moisture map retrieval; L-band; Radiometry; Soil moisture; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417480
