PAU Instrument aboard INTA MicroSAT-1: Initial results of the FM model from an airborne experiment

Author

Alonso-Arroyo, A. ; Camps, A. ; Pascual, D. ; Park, Heejung ; Alcayde, A. ; Chavero, S. ; Martinez, P. ; Crespo, L. ; Angulo, Manuel ; Rius, Antonio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2012

fDate

10-11 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This work presents the PAU instrument aboard the satellite INTA MicroSAT-1. The PAU instrument is a combination of a Radiometer and a GNSS Reflectometer designed to study the relationship GNSS-R observables (Delay Doppler Maps) and the L-Band brightness temperature measurements to improve the Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) retrievals. This work describes an airborne experiment conducted to preliminary test the PAU instrument GNSS-R observables sensibility to sea state and to explore other applications of the instrument.

Keywords

oceanographic equipment; radiometers; reflectometers; GNSS reflectometer; GNSS-R observables; INTA MicroSAT-1 satellite; L-Band brightness temperature measurements; PAU instrument; airborne experiment; delay Doppler maps; radiometer; sea surface salinity; Antennas; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea state; Delay-Doppler Map (DDM); Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R); Microwave Radiometry; Sea Surface Salinity (SSS); Sea-state;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reflectometry Using GNSS and Other Signals of Opportunity (GNSS+R), 2012 Workshop on

Conference_Location

West Lafayette, IN

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2883-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2884-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GNSSR.2012.6408252

Filename

6408252