Title :
Two-dimensional synthetic aperture images over a land surface scene
Author :
Bayle, Franck ; Wigneron, Jean-Pierre ; Kerr, Yann H. ; Waldteufel, Philippe ; Anterrieu, Eric ; Orlhac, Jean-Claude ; Chanzy, André ; Marloie, Olivier ; Bernardini, Marc ; Sobjaerg, Sten ; Calvet, Jean-Christophe ; Goutoule, Jean-Marc ; Skou, Niels
Author_Institution :
ASTRIUM, Toulouse, France
fDate :
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) space mission is currently undergoing phase-B studies at the European Space Agency. The SMOS payload is an L-band interferometric radiometer based on a two-dimensional aperture synthesis concept. This paper presents the first images obtained by a demonstrator of the SMOS instrument over land surfaces at the Avignon test site in 1999
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; soil; terrain mapping; 1.4 GHz; Avignon; France; L-band; SMOS; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity; UHF; hydrology; microwave imaging; microwave radiometry; satellite remote sensing; soil moisture; two-dimensional aperture synthesis; Instruments; L-band; Land surface; Layout; Payloads; Radiometry; SMOS mission; Sea surface; Space missions; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2002.1000330
