タイトル | Application of Reflected Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS-R) Signals in the Estimation of Sea Roughness Effects in Microwave Radiometry |
本文(外部サイト) | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20100027411 |
著者(英) | Voo, Justin K.; Garrison, James L.; Grant, Michael S.; Yueh, Simon H.; Clauss, Bryan; Fore, Alexander G.; Haase, Jennifer S. |
著者所属(英) | NASA Langley Research Center |
発行日 | 2010-03-01 |
言語 | eng |
内容記述 | In February-March 2009 NASA JPL conducted an airborne field campaign using the Passive Active L-band System (PALS) and the Ku-band Polarimetric Scatterometer (PolSCAT) collecting measurements of brightness temperature and near surface wind speeds. Flights were conducted over a region of expected high-speed winds in the Atlantic Ocean, for the purposes of algorithm development for salinity retrievals. Wind speeds encountered were in the range of 5 to 25 m/s during the two weeks deployment. The NASA-Langley GPS delay-mapping receiver (DMR) was also flown to collect GPS signals reflected from the ocean surface and generate post-correlation power vs. delay measurements. This data was used to estimate ocean surface roughness and a strong correlation with brightness temperature was found. Initial results suggest that reflected GPS signals, using small low-power instruments, will provide an additional source of data for correcting brightness temperature measurements for the purpose of sea surface salinity retrievals. |
NASA分類 | Oceanography |
レポートNO | NF1676L-9597 |
権利 | Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright |
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