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    • Impact of amplitude calibration errors on SMOS global images 

      Durán Martínez, Israel; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Oliva, Roger; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
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      Some of the artifacts observed in SMOS brightness temperature images are originated in an inconsistency between correlation and antenna temperature calibration errors, which produces a multiplicative bias that scales with ...
    • Impact of antenna tuning on SMOS correlation loss 

      Torres Torres, Francisco; Durán Martínez, Israel; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Closa, Josep; Oliva, Roger; Martín-Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
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      The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) was launched in 2009 [1]. Since then, it has produced a continuous stream of valuable geophysical data over land, ice and ocean [2] ...
    • Impact of correlator efficiency errors on SMOS land-sea contamination 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Durán Martínez, Israel; Wu, Lin; Torres Canals, Francesc; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Khazaal, Ali; Martín Neira, Manuel (2015-09-01)
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      Land-sea contamination observed in Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) brightness temperature images is found to have two main contributions: the floor error inherent of image reconstruction and a multiplicative error ...
    • In-orbit validations of SMOS full polarimetric equations 

      Torres Torres, Francisco; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Wu, Lin; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Delwart, Steven; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
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      This paper analyzes the consistency of SMOS fully polarimetric measurement mode by comparing measured data over the ocean with the expected results. These last are based on an accurate ocean model provided by LOCEAN and ...
    • Interferometric radiometry and its applications 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Bará Temes, Francisco Javier; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena (1999)
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    • Interferometric radiometry measurement concept: The visibility equation 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Martín-Neira, Manuel (IEEE, 2011)
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      The fundamental concept of interferometric aperture synthesis microwave radiometry for Earth observation is reviewed. The measurement principles and a discussion on the signal processing techniques for image reconstruction ...
    • L-band aperture synthesis radiometry: hardware requirements and system performance 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Bará Temes, Francisco Javier; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena (IEEE Piscataway, 2000)
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      Aperture synthesis radiometry is becoming a feasible concept for imaging applications, especially at low microwave frequencies where it takes clear advantage of the absence of mechanical antenna motion. A 2D interferometric ...
    • L-Band sea surface emissivity: preliminary results of the WISE-2000 campaign and its application to salinity retrieval in the SMOS mission 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Torres Torres, Francisco; Villarino Villarino, Ramón; Enrique, L; Julbé, F; Font Capafons, Josep; Julià, A; Gabarró, C; Etcheto, J; Boutin, J; Weill, A; Caselles Costa, Vicent; Rubio, E; Wursteisen, P (2003-06)
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      Soil moisture and ocean salinity at surface level can be measured by passive microwave remote sensing at L-band. To provide global coverage data of soil moisture and ocean salinity with three-day revisit time, the Earth ...
    • L-Band Sea Surface Emissivity: Preliminary Results Of The WISE-2000 Campaign And Its Application To Salinity Retrieval In the SMOS Mission 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Torres Torres, Francisco; Villarino Villarino, Ramón; Enrique, L.; Julbé, F.; Font, Jordi; Julià, A.; Gabarró Prats, Carolina; Etcheto, Jacqueline; Boutin, Jacqueline; Weill, Alain; Caselles, Vicente; Rubio, Eva; Wursteisen, Patrick (2003-06-30)
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      Soil moisture and ocean salinity at surface level can be measured by passive microwave remote sensing at L-band. To provide global coverage data of soil moisture and ocean salinity with three-day revisit time, the Earth ...
    • Latitudinal and seasonal SMOS amplitude calibration assessment 

      Gonzalez Gambau, Verónica; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Turiel, Antonio (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
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      The consistency of MIRAS amplitude calibration along the mission is a key issue to ensure a stable and accurate long-term dataset of ESA's SMOS soil moisture and ocean salinity data. Recent studies have revealed latitudinal ...
    • Method of moments applied to the analysis of rough surfaces modelled by fractals 

      Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Bará Temes, Francisco Javier; Torres Torres, Francisco (2000)
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      The Scattering and Emissivity of rough surfaces involve solutions to non-linear differential equations. Different approaches have been used in the literature to obtain approximate solutions under some hypothesis. For example ...
    • MIRAS calibration and performance: results from the SMOS in-orbit commissioning phase 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; González Gambau, Veronica; Pablos Hernández, Miriam; Durán Martínez, Israel; Martín Neira, Manuel (IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011-09)
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      After the successful launching of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite in November 2009, continuous streams of data started to be regularly downloaded and made available to be processed. The first six months of ...
    • MIRAS characterization and monitoring during the SMOS In-Orbit Commissioning Phase 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Martín-Neira, Manuel; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; González-Gambau, Verónica; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena (2009)
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    • MIRAS end-to-end calibration: application to SMOS L1 processor 

      Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Colliander, A; Martín Neira, Manuel; Ribó Vedrilla, Serni; Rautiainen, K; Duffo Ubeda, Núria (IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2005-05)
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      End-to-end calibration of the Microwave Imaging Radiometer by Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS) radiometer refers to processing the measured raw data up to dual-polarization brightness temperature maps over the earth's surface, ...
    • MIRAS End-to-End Calibration: Application to SMOS L1 Processor 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Colliander, Andreas; Martín Neira, Manuel; Ribó Vedrilla, Serni; Rautiainen, Kimmo; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2005-05-31)
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      End-to-end calibration of the Microwave Imaging Radiometer by Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS) radiometer refers to processing the measured raw data up to dual-polarization brightness temperature maps over the earth's surface, ...
    • La Misión de oportunidad SMOS de la serie Earth Explorer. Radiometría por síntesis de apertura para la medida de la humedad del suelo y la salinidad del océano 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Bará Temes, Francisco Javier; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena (Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyers de Telecomunicació de Barcelona, 2000)
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      Desde medi ados de los años 80, di versas Agencias Espaciales han prestado una atención a los ll amados radiómetros interferométricos por síntesis de apertura. Estos in strumentos ofrecen por primera vez un salto ...
    • Mitigation of cross-polar antenna pattern errors in SMOS: simplified approach 

      Durán Martínez, Israel; Torres Torres, Francisco; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Lin, Wu; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016)
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      This paper analyzes a simplified image reconstruction method that exclusively takes into account the dominant antenna pattern terms to model image inversion artifacts and mitigate SMOS polarimetric spatial bias over the ...
    • New methodology for the Faraday rotation angle retrieval in the SMOS field of view 

      Rubino, Roselena; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; González Gambau, Verónica; Torres Torres, Francisco; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      In this work, a new methodology to estimate the Faraday Rotation Angle (FRA) from SMOS full-pol brightness temperature is presented. This approach is focused on retrieving the Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) and ...
    • New radiometers: SMOS-a dual pol L-band 2D aperture synthesis radiometer 

      Kerr, Yann H.; Waldteufel, Philippe; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Bará Temes, Francisco Javier; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2000)
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      Since the mid 1980s, aperture synthesis interferometric radiometers have received increased attention to monitor the Earth at low microwave frequencies (L-band), where there is a maximum sensitivity to soil moisture and ...
    • On-ground characterization of the SMOS payload 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Martín Neira, Manuel; González Gambau, Veronica; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena (IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009-09)
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      The on-ground characterization of the synthetic aperture radiometer onboard the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission is described. Characterization includes basic functionality, internal calibration, thermal cycling, ...