Technology Developments for an Advanced L-Band Radiometer Mission

ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission was launched 2 Nov 2009 and, to date, is still in good health, providing valuable L-band observations of the Earth surface [1]. A number of products are obtained from these, including thin sea ice [2], frost/thaw soils [3], high winds [4], o...

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Published in:IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Main Authors: Martin-Neira, Manuel, Suess, Martin, Karafolas, Nikos, Piironen, Petri, Deborgies, Francois, Catalan, Albert, Vilaseca, Roger, Montero, Jose, Puertolas, Montserrat, Outumuro, Diego, Corbella, Ignasi, Duran, Israel, Duffo, Nuria, Materni, Roberto, Mengual, Teresa, Piqueras, Miguel Angel, Olea, Ana, Solana, Andres, Closa, Josep, Zurita, Albert, Ramirez, Juan Ignacio, Breinbjerg, Olav, Bjørstorp, Jeppe Majlund, Kaslis, Kyriakos, Kristensen, Steen S., Oliva, Roger, Onrubia, Raul, Camps, Adriano, Querol, Jorge
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020
Subjects:
Correlator
L-band receivers
MIRAS
Optical harness
SMOS
Sea ice
Online Access:https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/9910031f-3de0-4236-84c1-dac545737662
https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324378
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Summary:ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission was launched 2 Nov 2009 and, to date, is still in good health, providing valuable L-band observations of the Earth surface [1]. A number of products are obtained from these, including thin sea ice [2], frost/thaw soils [3], high winds [4], ocean surface wind [5] and Sun brightness temperature [6], besides the main mission measurements of soil moisture and sea surface salinity [7] [8]. This paper deals with the description and early results of some technology activities conducted by ESA applying the lessons learnt by SMOS and in preparation of an advanced L-band radiometer mission.

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