Technology developments for an advanced L-band radiometer mission

• Published in: IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
• Main Authors: Martín Neira, Manuel, Catalán Artigas, Albert, Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi, Durán Martínez, Israel, Duffo Ubeda, Núria
• Other Authors: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Mecànica, 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
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2020
• Subjects: Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica; Radiation > Measurement; Radiometers > Design and construction; Microwave detectors; Ocean salinity; Soil moisture; Radiometer; ESA; NASA; L-BAND; SMOS; CIMR; MIRAS; ECMWF; Radiòmetres > Disseny i construcció; Radiació > Mesurament; Microones > Detectors; Salinitat > Mesurament; Sòls > Humitat; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2117/340437; https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324378

© 2020 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes,creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works 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 Postprint (author's final draft)