Soil moisture retrieval and applications from L band radiometry (SMOS)

Author

Kerr, Yann H. ; Wigneron, Jean-Pierre ; Waldteufel, Philippe ; Calvet, Jean-Chrsitophe

Author_Institution

CESBIO, Toulouse, France

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3

Abstract

This paper discusses the potential of a L-band 2-D microwave interferometric radiometer for monitoring surface variables over land surfaces. The instrument is the payload of the SMOS Mission (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity), selected for phase A studies by the European Space Agency (ESA) in answer to the call for Earth Explorer Opportunity Missions. The L-band radiometer is based on an innovative bi-dimensional aperture synthesis concept. This sensor has new and significant capabilities, especially in terms of multi-angular viewing configurations

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; hydrological equipment; microwave detectors; moisture; radiometers; radiowave interferometry; remote sensing; soil; 2-D microwave interferometric radiometer; L band radiometry; L-band 2-D microwave interferometric radiometer; SMOS; Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity; bi-dimensional aperture synthesis; multi-angular viewing configurations; soil moisture retrieval; Instruments; L-band; Land surface; Microwave radiometry; Monitoring; Payloads; SMOS mission; Sea surface; Soil moisture; Space missions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976039

Filename

976039