Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.775115
