Title :
Preliminary measurements of bare soil and waved water surface microwave reflection and emission angular dependences at 5, 6GHZ
Author :
Hambaryan, Astghik K. ; Arakelyan, Artashes K. ; Muradyan, Hrant G. ; Karyan, Vanik V. ; Hovhannisyan, Gagik G. ; Arakelyan, Arsen A. ; Grigoryan, Melanya L. ; Hakobyan, Izabela K. ; Manukyan, Mushegh R.
Author_Institution :
ECOSERV Remote Obs. Centre Co. Ltd., Yerevan, Armenia
Abstract :
In this paper structural and operational features of C-band, dual-polarization, combined scatterometer-radiometer system and the results of preliminary, spatio-temporally collocated measurements of bare soil and waved pool water surface microwave reflective (radar backscattering coefficient) and emissive (brightness temperature) characteristics angular dependences at ~5.6 GHz are presented.
Keywords :
backscatter; emissivity; microwave measurement; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; soil; C-band scatterometer-radiometer system; bare soil surface microwave properties; brightness temperature; dual polarization scatterometer-radiometer system; frequency 5.6 GHz; radar backscattering coefficient; scatterometer-radiometer system operational features; scatterometer-radiometer system structural features; surface microwave emission; surface microwave reflection; wavy water surface microwave properties; Microwave measurements; Ocean temperature; Radar measurements; Reflection; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Soil measurements; Surface waves; Water;
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.2009.5417803
