Title :
Aspects of the SMOS pre-launch calibration
Author_Institution :
Denmark Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
A synthetic aperture radiometer system, SMOS, is under development for launch in 2007. The synthetic aperture concept requires calibration activities of novel nature in addition to traditional radiometer calibration exercises. Especially very accurate antenna pattern measurements are an issue.
Keywords :
calibration; data acquisition; hydrological equipment; hydrology; moisture; oceanographic equipment; oceanography; radiometry; soil; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2007; SMOS; antenna pattern measurements; pre-launch calibration; radiometer calibration; soil moisture and ocean salinity; synthetic aperture radiometer system; Antenna measurements; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Correlators; Geophysical measurements; Radiometry; Receiving antennas; Sea measurements; Soil measurements; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294064
