Preliminary Polarimetric Measurements of Bare and Vegetated Soils Radar Backscattering Coefficients and Brightness Temperatures Angular Dependences at 15GHz

Author

Arakelyan, Arsen ; Arakelyan, Arsen ; Grigoryan, M. ; Hakobyan, I. ; Hambaryan, Astghik ; Karyan, V. ; Manukyan, M. ; Hovhannisyan, Gagik

Author_Institution

ECOSERV Remote Obs. Centre Co. Ltd., Yerevan

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

In this paper preliminary results of bare soil and soil vegetation radar backscattering coefficient and brightness temperature angular dependences at 15 GHz are represented. The results were obtained by combined radar-radiometer system moving along a quarter circle shaped measuring platform of 7 m of radius.

Keywords

backscatter; calibration; land surface temperature; moisture; radar polarimetry; radiometers; remote sensing by radar; soil; vegetation; Armenia; ECOSERV Remote Observation Centre; angular dependences; bare soil; brightness temperatures; frequency 15 GHz; polarimetric measurements; quarter circle shaped measuring platform; radar backscattering coefficients; radar-radiometer system; vegetated soil; Antenna measurements; Backscatter; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Microwave devices; Microwave radiometry; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Soil measurements; radar-radiometer; soil and snow moisture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779104

Filename

4779104