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    • 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, ...
    • One-point microwave radiometer calibration 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Closa Soteras, Josep; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Durán Martínez, Israel; González Gambau, Verónica; Martín Neira, Manuel (2020-03-01)
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      A method for internally calibrating microwave total power radiometers by using only one level of noise injection is presented. It is based on having a previous accurate characterization of the receiver noise temperature, ...
    • Optimum Redundant Array Configurations for Earth Observation Aperture Synthesis Microwave Radiometers 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena (2002-09-30)
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      Two-dimensional aperture synthesis radiometry is the technology selected for ESA's SMOS mission to provide high resolution L-band radiometric imagery. The array topology is a Y-shaped structure. The position and number ...
    • Performance of a spatial error correction technique in SMOS brightness temperature images 

      Wu, Lin; Torres Torres, Francisco; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
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      Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) brightness temperature synthesized images are obtained after a comprehensive calibration and error correction procedure. However, the final images are stil ...
    • Performance Of Sea Surface Salinity And Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithms With Different Auxiliary Datasets In 2-D L-Band Aperture Synthesis Interferometric Radiometers 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Batres Gonzalez, Luis; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi (IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, INC, 2005-05-31)
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      The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission was selected in May 1999 by the European Space Agency Earth Observation Programme Board to provide global and frequent soil moisture (SM) and ...
    • Performance of sea surface salinity and soil moisture retrieval algorithms with different auxiliary datasets in 2-D L-band aperture synthesis interferometric radiometers 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Batres Gonzalez, Luis; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2005-05-31)
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      The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission was selected in May 1999 by the European Space Agency Earth Observation Programme Board to provide global and frequent soil moisture (SM) and ...
    • Phase error assessment of MIRAS/SMOS by means of the redundant space calibration 

      Dávila, Rubén; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Pablos Hernández, Miriam; Martín-Neira, Manuel (IEEE, 2011)
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      SMOS is the acronym for the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) [1]. Its single payload, the Microwave Imaging Radiometer using Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS), was successfully launched ...
    • Polarimetric emission of rain events: simulation and experimental results at X-Band 

      Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco (2009-06)
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      Accurate models are used today for infrared and microwave satellite radiance simulations of the first two Stokes elements in the physical retrieval, data assimilation etc. of surface and atmospheric parameters. Although ...
    • Polarimetric Formulation Of The Visibility Function Equation Including Cross-Polar Antenna Patterns 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Duffo Ubeda, Núria (IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2005-07-31)
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      The European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission will be the first one using two-dimensional aperture synthesis radiometry for Earth observation. This study presents the formulation that relates ...
    • Polarimetric formulation of the visibility function equation including cross-polar antenna patterns 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Duffo Ubeda, Núria (2005-07)
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      The European Space Agency’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission will be the first one using two-dimensional aperture synthesis radiometry for earth observation. This study presents the formulation that relates ...
    • Practical issues on SMOS single antenna patterns 

      Wu, Lin; Durán Martínez, Israel; Torres Torres, Francisco; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Closa, Josep; Manrique, Rodrigo; Garcia, Quiterio; Oliva Balagué, Roger; Martín Neira, Manuel (2014)
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      This paper provides a wrap-up of some of the activities undertaken by SMOS L1 team to fine tune the instrument calibration and modeling that eventually has resulted into a SMOS full-polarimetric measurement and image ...