Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RF&MW - Grup de Recerca de sistemes, dispositius i materials de RF i microones
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RSLAB - Grup de Recerca en Teledetecció
2016
ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission has been in orbit for over 6 years, and its Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS) in two dimensions keeps working well. The data for almost this whole period has been reprocessed with the new fully polarimetric version (v620) of the Level-1 processor which also includes refined calibration schema for the antenna losses. This reprocessing has allowed the assessment of an improved performance benchmark, a better understanding of the observations, and the preparation of a new version (v700) of the Level-1 processor with further potential.
Postprint (author's final draft)
Conference report
English
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Teledetecció; Remote sensing; Salinity; Soil moisture; Oceanography; SMOS; Aperture synthesis; Radiometry; Interferometry; Teledetecció; Salinitat; Sòls -- Humitat; Oceanografia
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7729526/
Open Access
E-prints [72986]