Compensation of elevation angle variations in polarimetric brightness temperature measurements from airborne microwave radiometers

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Title:	Compensation of elevation angle variations in polarimetric brightness temperature measurements from airborne microwave radiometers
Author:	Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Gasiewski, A.J.; Klein, Marian; Piepmeier, Jeffrey R.
Other authors:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RSLAB - Grup de Recerca en Teledetecció
Abstract:	This paper presents a method for compensating the elevation angle fluctuations occurring in airborne radiometry due to aircraft roll and pitch. The correction is based on a radiative transfer model, and is demonstrated by real data from conical scans over the ocean, showing good results.
Abstract:	Peer Reviewed
Subject(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Teledetecció -Radiation Measurement -Remote sensing -atmospheric techniques -geophysical techniques -radiometry -remote sensing -terrain mapping -airborne microwave radiometer -aircraft roll -atmosphere -conical scan -correction -elevation angle variation -geophysical measurement technique -land surface -meteorology -microwave radiometry -ocean -pitch -polarimetric brightness temperature -radiative transfer model -sea surface -Radiometria -Sensors remots
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Document type:	Article
Published by:	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
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