Interferometric GNSS-R processing : modeling and analysis of advanced processing concepts for altimetry
This PhD dissertation is focused on the use of the opportunity signals from the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), that scatter-off the Earth's surface for perform ocean mesoscale altimetry (the so called GNSS-R technique). Specially, this work analyses the capabilities of the interfer...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/95764 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/95764 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-95764 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Satèl·lits artificials en navegació Reflectòmetre Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació |
| Sumario: | This PhD dissertation is focused on the use of the opportunity signals from the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), that scatter-off the Earth's surface for perform ocean mesoscale altimetry (the so called GNSS-R technique). Specially, this work analyses the capabilities of the interferometric approach (iGNSS-R) originally proposed for PARIS IoD (which will be implemented on GEROS-ISS), comparing its performance with the one obtained by the conventional approach (cGNSS-R). The main content of this PhD dissertation includes: A comprehensive analysis of the GNSS-R cross-correlation waveform properties, analyzing the impact that the observation geometry and system parameters have on the GNSS-R observables, where parameters such as the receiver bandwidth, observation geometry, sea state, and thermal and speckle noises are analyzed. A detailed derivation of the statistics for both the voltage and power cross-correlations (for both conventional and interferometric processing cases) validated all of them with both simulated and real data from ground-based airborne, and spaceborne experiments. Study of the performance model of the altimetry precision based on the Cramer-Rao Bound statistical estimator theory. This study has been carried out for a wide variety of parameters concerning the overall observation system, including instrument, on-board and on-ground processing aspects, for both the conventional and interferometric GNSS-R techniques. Analysis of experimental data from the Typhoon Investigation using GNSS-R Interferometric Signals (TIGRIS) experiment. This analysis has been used to determine and establish the boundaries and capabilities of GNSS-R towards remote sensing of typhoons. In this part, aspects such as the mitigation of the direct cross-talk contamination, GNSS multipath contamination, and preliminary results (including a novel observable) are presented. |
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