Passive microwave polarimetry application for monitoring air/sea interaction

Author

Pospelov, Michael ; Kuzmin, Alexey ; Trokhimovski, Yuri

Author_Institution

Inst. of Space Res., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

4

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2321

Abstract

The paper discusses some aspects of passive polarimetry application for ocean and atmosphere diagnostics. Two different mechanisms for the polarized emission contrasts are considered. While for near-nadir view angle short gravity-capillary waves are responsible for the polarized brightness contrasts, at grazing angles long gravity waves contribute to the polarized signal. Experimental results obtained with airborne Ka-band polarimeter are presented

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; oceanography; polarimetry; radiometry; remote sensing; wind; air sea interaction; airborne Ka-band polarimeter; boundary layer; grazing angle; long gravity wave; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; mechanism; microwave radiometry; model; ocean wave; passive microwave polarimetry; polarimetry; polarized brightness contrast; polarized emission contrast; remote sensing; sea surface; surface layer; wind; Atmospheric waves; Brightness; Geometry; Monitoring; Ocean temperature; Polarimetry; Polarization; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775115

Filename

775115