Pau-synthetic aperture: a new instrument to test potential improvements for future interferometric radiometers
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions
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Data de defensa2012-02-27
EditorUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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Abstract
The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is an Earth Explorer Opportunity mission from the European Space Agency (ESA). It was a direct response to the global observations of soil moisture and ocean salinity. Its goal is to produce global of these parameters using a dual-polarization L-band interferometric radiometer the Microwave Imaging Radiometer by Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS). This instrument is a new polarimetric two-dimensional (2-D) Y-shaped synthetic aperture interferometric radiometer based on the techniques used in radio-astronomy to obtain high resolution avoiding large antenna structures. MIRAS measures remotely the brightness temperature (TB) emitted by the Earth's surface, which is not isotropic, since it depends on the incidence angle and polarization, the Soil Moisture (SM) or the Sea Surface (SSS), the surface roughness etc. among others. The scope of this doctoral thesis is the study of some potential improvements could eventually be implemented in future interferometric radiometers. To validate improvements a ground-based instrument concept demonstrator the Passive Advanced Unit Synthetic Aperture or (PAU-SA) has being designed and implemented. Both MIRAS and PAU-SA are Y-shaped array, but the receiver topology and the processing unit are different. This Ph.D. thesis has been developed in the frame of The European Investigator Awards (EURYI) 2004 project entitled "Passive Advanced Unit (PAU): Hybrid L-band Radiometer, GNSS Refectometer and IR-Radiometer for Passive Sensing of the Ocean", and supported by the European Science Foundation (ESF).
CitacióRamos Pérez, I. Pau-synthetic aperture: a new instrument to test potential improvements for future interferometric radiometers. Tesi doctoral, UPC, Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions, 2012. DOI 10.5821/dissertation-2117-94571. Disponible a: <http://hdl.handle.net/2117/94571>
Dipòsit legalB. 17063-2012
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