Title :
The CoSMOS L-band experiment in Southeast Australia
Author :
Saleh, K. ; Kerr, Yann H. ; Boulet, G. ; Maisongrande, P. ; de Rosnay, P. ; Floricioiu, Dana ; Escorihuela, M.J. ; Wigneron, Jean-Pierre ; Cano, A. ; Lopez-Baeza, E. ; Grant, J.P. ; Balling, J. ; Skou, N. ; Berger, Marcel ; Delwart, Steven ; Wursteisen, P
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge
Abstract :
The CoSMOS (Campaign for validating the Operation of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission) campaign was conducted during November of 2005 in the Goulburn River Catchment, in SE Australia. The main objective of CoSMOS was to obtain a series of L-band measurements from the air in order to validate the L-band emission model that will be used by the SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) ground segment processor. In addition, the campaign was designed to investigate open questions including the Sun-glint effect over land, the application of polarimetric measurements over land, and to clarify the importance of dew and interception for soil moisture retrievals. This paper summarises the campaign activities, and presents progress on the analysis of the CoSMOS data set.
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; microwave measurement; moisture control; moisture measurement; radiometry; soil; AD 2005 11; CoSMOS L-band experiment; Goulburn River Catchment; L-band emission model; L-band measurement; Sun-glint effect; dew; passive microwave; polarimetric measurement; radiometer; soil moisture retrieval; southeast Australia; Aircraft; Australia; Crops; L-band; Moisture measurement; Rivers; SMOS mission; Sea measurements; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; L-band; SMOS; passive microwaves; soil moisture;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423712
