SMOS In-Orbit Ezternal Calibration and Validation

摘要：

SMOS is ESA s second Earth Explorer mission with the objective of producing global maps of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity over the Earth. The launch date is expected in September 2007. The only instrument on-board SMOS is an L-band Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS). This paper describes what is believed to be the optimum strategy to calibrate and validate MIRAS in-orbit using external targets. Central to the method are the flat target response and the flat target transformation of the Corbella equation. The paper includes the application of the technique to image reconstruction and some illustrative simulations.

作者: M.Martín-Neira M.Suess J.Kainulainen

作者单位: European Space Agency,ESTEC,The Netherlands

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2005(2005年电磁学研究新进展学术研讨会)(PIERS 2005)

会议地点: 杭州

会议语种:英文

页码: 529-532

在线出版日期: 2005-08-22（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）