El radiómetro de microondas MWR de Sentinel-3: Nuestra contribución al éxito de Copernicus

[EN] The MWR builds, together with the SRAL altimeter, the S3 topography mission. The MWR, developed by EADS CASA Espacio as prime contractor, provides information for tropospheric path correction of SRAL measurements. MWR data can also be used for determining surface emissivity and soil moisture ov...

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Autores: Palacios, M.A., Bergadà, M., González, R., Gamonal, A., García-Fernández, J.L., Camacho, Y.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/44614
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/44614
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:NIR
Calibración
Precisión
Resolución radiométrica
Calibration
Accuracy
Radiometric resolution
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Sumario:[EN] The MWR builds, together with the SRAL altimeter, the S3 topography mission. The MWR, developed by EADS CASA Espacio as prime contractor, provides information for tropospheric path correction of SRAL measurements. MWR data can also be used for determining surface emissivity and soil moisture over land, surface energy budget investigations and ice characterization. The MWR instrument is a Noise Injection Radiometer (NIR), working at two frequencies (23.8/36.5 GHz), embarking a dual frequency horn antenna pointing to the cold sky for embedded autonomous calibration.