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    • 2000 days of SMOS at the Barcelona Expert Centre: a tribute to the work of Jordi Font 

      Turiel Martínez, Antonio; Piles Guillem, Maria; González Gambau, V.; Ballabrera Poy, Joaquim; Gabarró Prats, Carolina; Martinez, Justino; Olmedo, Estrella; Portabella, Marcos; Pérez López, Fernando; Solé Ollé, Jordi (2016-09-01)
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      Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) is the first satellite mission capable of measuring sea surface salinity and soil moisture from space. Its novel instrument (the L-band radiometer MIRAS) has required the development ...

    • 3CAT-2, an experimental nano-satellite for GNSS-R earth observation: mission concept and analysis 

      Carreno-Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Muñoz, Joan Francesc; Vidal, David; Amézaga Sarries, Adrià; Bolet Alberto, Font; Jané, Jaume; Olivé, Roger; Carola, Jorge; Catarino, Nuno; Hagenfeldt, Miguel; Palomo, Pedro; Cornara, Stefania (2016-10-01)
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      Global navigation satellite system reflectometry is a multistatic radar using navigation signals as signals of opportunity. It provides wide-swath and improved spatiotemporal sampling over current space-borne missions. The ...

    • 3Cat-2: A P(Y) and C/A GNSS-R experimental nano-satellite mission 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Perez Ramos, I.; Forte, G.; Onrubia Ibáñez, Raúl; Díez, Raúl (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
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      3Cat-2 is a 6 U CubeSat mission designed to perform ocean altimetry by means of Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R). In this paper 3Cat-2 mission is presented. The main payload is the novel dual-band ...

    • 3CAT-3/MOTS, an experimental nanosatellite for multispectra and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Mission concept and analysis 

      Castellví Esturi, Jordi; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbera Fauria, Jordi; Alamús, Ramón (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
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      The 3 Cat-3/MOTS mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster new and innovative technologies on ...

    • 3CAT-3/MOTS, an experimental nanosatellite for multispectral and GNSS-R earth observation: airborne optical and GNSS-R campaign 

      Castellví Esturi, Jordi; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Onrubia Ibáñez, Raúl; Alamús, Ramón; Pascual Biosca, Daniel; Querol Borràs, Jorge; Hyuk, Park (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      The 3 Cat-3/MOTS mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster new and innovative technologies on ...

    • 3Cat-4: combined GNSS-R, L-Band radiometer with RFI mitigation, and AIS receiver for a I-Unit Cubesat based on software defined radio 

      Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc; Miguélez Gómez, Noemí; Castellà Rubinat, Ricard; Fernandez Capon, Lara Pilar; Solanellas Bofarull, Arnau; Via Ortega, Pol; Camps Carmona, Adriano José (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      The 3 Cat-4 mission aims to demonstrate the capabilities of nano-satellites plus the versatility of a Software Defined Radio for passive Earth Observation. Three different microwave payloads are integrated into a single ...

    • A 1-D radiative transfer study of mineral dust during CHARMEX/ADRIMED 2013 campaign 

      Granados Muñoz, María José; Sicard, Michaël; Román Díez, Roberto; Benavent Oltra, Pablo; Barragán Cuesta, Rubén; Brogniez, G.; Denjean, Cyrielle; Alados-Arboledas, L; Muñoz Porcar, Constantino; Rodríguez Gómez, Alejandro Antonio; Comerón Tejero, Adolfo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      A 1-D radiative transfer study is presented based on the measurements performed at Granada during a dust event within the framework of the ChArMEx/ADRIMED (Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment/Aerosol Direct Radiative ...

    • A comparative analysis of aerosol optical coefficients and their associated errors retrieved from pure-rotational and vibro-rotational raman lidar signals 

      Zenteno Hernández, José Alex; Comerón Tejero, Adolfo; Rodríguez Gómez, Alejandro Antonio; Muñoz Porcar, Constantino; D'Amico, Giuseppe; Sicard, Michaël (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-02-11)
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      This paper aims to quantify the improvement obtained with a purely rotational Raman (PRR) channel over a vibro-rotational Raman (VRR) channel, used in an aerosol lidar with elastic and Raman channels, in terms of signal-to-noise ...

    • A comparative study of operational vessel detectors for maritime surveillance using satellite-borne synthetic aperture radar 

      Stasolla, Mattia; Mallorquí Franquet, Jordi Joan; Margarit, Gerard; Santamaría, Carlos; Walker, Nick (2016-06-01)
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      This paper presents a comparative study among four operational detectors that work by automatically post-processing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images acquired from the satellite platforms RADARSAT-2 and COSMO-SkyMed. ...

    • A comparison of different optimisation search methodologies for self-optimisation in wireless cellular networks 

      Sánchez González, Juan; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Pérez Romero, Jordi; Agustí Comes, Ramon (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
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      Self-Organising Networks (SON) concept is seen as a way to reduce costs by automating functionalities such as network optimisation usually performed manually with extensive human work time. This paper provides a general ...

    • A comparison of different techniques for atmospheric artefact compensation in GBSAR differential acquisitions 

      Pipia, Luca; Fabregas Canovas, Francisco Javier; Aguasca Solé, Alberto; Mallorquí Franquet, Jordi Joan (IEEE, 2006)
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      In this paper, a comparison of different techniques for compensating the atmospheric artifacts in Ground-Based SAR zero-baseline acquisitions at X-Band is presented. The way the fluctuation of atmospheric parameters like ...

    • A generic simulator for aperture synthesis radiometers 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Hyuk, Park; Barbosa Torralbo, José; Bandeiras, J.; D'Addio, Salvatore (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
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      ESA's SMOS mission has demonstrated that Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radiometers can be a useful tool for Earth observation. Today, the NASA's GeoStar instrument (USA), ESA's GAS instrument (Europe), or CSSAR's GIMS ...

    • A generic simulator for aperture synthesis radiometers: Radiative transfer module and end-to-end tests 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Hyuk, Park; Barbosa, José; Bandeiras, J.; Sousa, Ana; d'Addio, Salvatore; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
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      The Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radiometer (SAIR) Performance Simulator (SAIRPS) is a very versatile software tool developed by Deimos Engenharia (Portugal) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-Barcelona ...

    • A geographical heuristic routing protocol for VANETs 

      Urquiza Aguiar, Luis; Tripp Barba, Carolina; Aguilar Igartua, Mónica (2016-10-01)
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      Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) leverage the communication system of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Recently, Delay-Tolerant Network (DTN) routing protocols have increased their popularity among the research ...

    • A hybrid multi-start metaheuristic scheduler for astronomical observations 

      Nakhjiri, Nariman; Salamó Llorente, Maria; Sànchez-Marrè, Miquel; Morales Peralta, Juan Carlos (Elsevier, 2023-11)
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      In this paper, we investigate Astronomical Observations Scheduling which is a type of Multi-Objective Combinatorial Optimization Problem, and detail its specific challenges and requirements and propose the Hybrid Accumulative ...

    • A Ka-band Radar Interferometer: development and testing 

      Galobart Tor, Bruno (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2013-07-11)
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      [ANGLÈS] Radar interferometry is a remote sensing technique that consists in transmitting a signal and measuring the phase difference of the reflected signal between two antennas separated by a baseline. This phase difference ...

    • A Ku band circularly polarized 2×2 microstrip antenna array for remote sensing applications 

      Ferré, Roger; Mira, Fermín; Luzi, Guido; Mateu Mateu, Jordi; Kalialakis, C. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
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      This paper reports the development of a Circularly Polarized (CP) microstrip patch array working at Ku band and in particular between 16.9-17.2GHz for remote sensing applications. The design is based on a sequential ...

    • A LiDAR imaging system using temporal and polarization discrimination for turbid media 

      Ballesta Garcia, Maria; Peña Gutiérrez, Sara; Rodríguez Aramendía, Ana; García Gómez, Pablo; Rodrigo Arcay, Noel; Royo Royo, Santiago (2023)
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      In recent times, there has been a surge of interest in LiDAR imaging systems, particularly in outdoor terrestrial applications associated with computer vision. However, a significant hurdle preventing their widespread ...

    • A model for the wind direction signature in the stokes smissin sector from the ocean surfaces at microwave frequencies 

      Reising, S C; Camps Carmona, Adriano José (IEEE Piscataway, 2000)
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      This paper presents a model of the Stokes emission vector from the ocean surface. The ocean surface is described as an ensemble of facets with Cox and Munk's (1954) Gram-Charlier slope distribution. The study discusses the ...

    • A model of the wind direction signature in the Stokes emission vector from the ocean surface at microwave frequencies 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Reising, S. C. (JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 2001-06-30)
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      This paper presents a model of the Stokes emission vector from the ocean surface. The ocean surface is described as an ensemble of facets with Cox and Munk's (1954) Gram-Charlier slope distribution. The study discusses the ...