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

被引:8
作者
Corbella, I [1 ]
Gasiewski, AJ
Klein, M
Piepmeier, JR
机构
[1] Univ Politecn Catalunya, ES-08034 Barcelona, Spain
[2] NOAA, Environm Technol Lab, Boulder, CO 80303 USA
[3] Georgia Inst Technol, Sch Elect Engn & Comp Engn, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING | 2001年 / 39卷 / 01期
关键词
calibration; radiometry;
D O I
10.1109/36.898683
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:193 / 195
页数:3
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