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    • (3)CAT-2: attitude determination and control system for a GNSS-R earth observation 6U CubeSat mission 

      Cortiella, Alexandre; Vidal Mateu, David; Jané Abad, Jaume; Juan, Enric; Olivé, Roger; Amézaga Sarries, Adrià; Francesc Muñoz, Joan; Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José (2016)
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      This work describes the attitude determination and control system ( ADCS) of 3 CAT-2, a six-unit CubeSat scheduled for launch this 2016. The ADCS of 3CAT-2 aims at controlling the satellite in orbit and fulfilling the ...
    • 3Cat-1: a multi-payload Cubesat-based scientific and technology demonstrator 

      Jové Casulleras, Roger; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Ramos Castro, Juan José; Alarcón Cot, Eduardo José; Bou Balust, Elisenda; Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Amézaga Sarries, Adrià; Olivé Muñiz, Roger; Vidal Mateu, David; Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc; Araguz López, Carles; Marí Barceló, Marc; Ortega Villasclaras, Pablo Rafael; Pons Nin, Joan; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Iannazzo Soteras, Mario Enrique (European Spatial Agengy (ESA), 2014)
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    • 3CAT-2: a 6U CibeSat-based multi-constellation, dual-polarization, and dual-frequency GNSS-RO experimental mission 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Amézaga Sarries, Adrià; Bolet, Albert; Vidal Mateu, David; Jané, Jaume; Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc; Olivé Muñiz, Roger; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Carola, Jorge; Catarino, Nuno; Hagenfeldt, Miguel; Palomo, Pedro; Cornara, Stefania (2015)
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      Cat-2 Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) activities of the Engineering Model (EM) and the Flight Model (FM) are being carried out at present. The Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) and Flight ...
    • 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 ...
    • A stratospheric balloon GNSS-R experiment: The 3Cat-2 project in DLR/SNSB BEXUS 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Querol Borràs, Jorge; Forte Veliz, Giuseppe Francesco; Onrubia Ibáñez, Raúl; Díez, Raúl (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
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      Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) - BarcelonaTech Remote Sensing Laboratory focus on the development of breakthrough concepts. The 3Cat-2 mission is on the synergy of GNSS reflectometry and the CubeSat concept. ...
    • Analysis of GNSS-R delay and doppler tracking errors 

      Hyuk, Park; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Valencia Domènech, Enric; Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Martín Alemany, Francisco; Alonso Arroyo, Alberto; Pascual Biosca, Daniel (2012)
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      The compensation of the delay and Doppler errors using tracking is important to accurately estimate the sea height in spaceborne GNSS-R. This work presents the impacts of the tracking residual errors on the GNSS-R observables, ...
    • Analysis of spaceborne GNSS-R delay-doppler tracking 

      Hyuk, Park; Pascual Biosca, Daniel; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Martínez Mindeguía, Francisco; Alonso Arroyo, Alberto; Carreño Luengo, Hugo (2014-05-01)
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      For spaceborne Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R), the delay and Doppler frequency conditions dynamically change, so the compensation of the delay and Doppler errors using tracking is important to ...
    • Empirical results of a surface-level GNSS-R experiment in a wave channel 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José (2015-06-01)
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      The scattering of GNSS signals over a water surface is studied when the receiver is at a low height, as in GNSS-R coastal altimetry. The precise determination of the local sea level and wave state from the coast will provide ...
    • Experimental evaluation of GNSS-reflectometry altimetric precision using the P(Y) and C/A signals 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Ramos Pérez, Isaac; Rius Jordán, Antonio (2014-05-01)
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      This work describes a novel dual-band Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometer (GNSS-R) that uses the P(Y) and C/A signals scattered over the sea surface to perform highly precise altimetric measurements. The ...
    • First polarimetric GNSS-R measurements from a stratospheric flight over boreal forests 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Amézaga Sarries, Adrià; Vidal Mateu, David; Olivé Muñiz, Roger; Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc; Camps Carmona, Adriano José (2015-01-01)
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      The first-ever dual-frequency multi-constellation Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) polarimetric measurements over boreal forests and lakes from the stratosphere are presented. Data were collected ...
    • First results of a GNSS-R experiment from a stratospheric balloon over boreal forests 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Querol Borràs, Jorge; Forte Veliz, Giuseppe Francesco (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015-12-18)
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      The empirical results of a global navigation satellite systems reflectometry (GNSS-R) experiment onboard the Balloon EXperiments for University Students (BEXUS) 17 stratospheric balloon performed north of Sweden over boreal ...
    • GNSS-R derived centimetric sea topography: an airborne experiment demonstration 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Hyuk, Park; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Fabra Cervellera, Fran; Rius Jordán, Antonio (2013-06)
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      The results of two airborne experiments performed to test the precision and the relative accuracy of the conventional Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) technique employing only the C/A code are ...
    • Improvement of the PAU/PARIS End-to-end Performance Simulator (P^2 EPS) in preparation for upcoming GNSS-R missions 

      Hyuk, Park; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Pascual Biosca, Daniel; Alonso Arroyo, Alberto; Martín Alemany, Francisco; Carreño Luengo, Hugo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
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      PAU/PARIS End-to-end Performance Simulator (P2EPS) has been developed for studying and design tools for GNSS-R space mission. For the purpose of accuracy and various scenario, P2EPS has recently improved in many features. ...
    • Multi-constellation, dual-polarization, and dual-frequency GNSS-R stratospheric balloon experiment over boreal forests 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Amézaga Sarries, Adrià; Bolet, Albert; Vidal Mateu, David; Jané, Jaume; Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc; Olivé Muñiz, Roger; Camps Carmona, Adriano José (2015)
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      Scientific evaluation of the 3Cat-2 payload (PYCARO reflectometer) has been performed from the BEXUS 19 stratospheric balloon flight with an apogee of ~ 27,000 m over boreal forests and lakes. The payload was configured ...
    • Review of GNSS-R instruments and tools developed at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya-Barcelona Tech 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Marchán Hernández, Juan Fernando; Bosch Lluís, Xavier; Rodríguez Álvarez, Nereida; Ramos Pérez, Isaac; Valencia Domènech, Enric; Tarongí Bauzá, José Miguel; Hyuk, Park; Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Alonso Arroyo, Alberto; Pascual Biosca, Daniel; Onrubia Ibáñez, Raúl; Forte Veliz, Giuseppe Francesco; Querol Borràs, Jorge (2014)
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      Reflectometry using Global Navigation Satellite System's signals of opportunity (GNSS-R) was originally conceived in the early 90s for mesoscale altimetry, and since then, many studies have shown its applicability to other ...
    • Simulation study on tropicial cyclone tracking from the ISS using GNSS-R measurements 

      Hyuk, Park; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Pascual Biosca, Daniel; Alonso Arroyo, Alberto; Martín Alemany, Francisco; Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Onrubia Ibáñez, Raúl (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
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      Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) has been emerged as a new opportunity for satellite remote sensing. From the bistatic measurement of GNSS-R, various geophysical parameters can be retrieved. This ...
    • Submeter ocean altimetry with GPS L1 C/A signal 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Hyuk, Park; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Fabra Cervellera, Fran; Rius, Antonio (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
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      The ultimate accuracy and precision of conventional1 and interferometric2 Global Positioning Satellite System Rerflectometry (GNSS-R) techniques for mesoscale ocean altimetry are still a matter of debate in the scientific ...
    • The 3Cat-2 Project: GNSS-R In-Orbit Demonstrator for Earth Observation 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Jové Casulleras, Roger; Alonso Arroyo, Alberto; Olivé Muñiz, Roger; Amézaga Sarries, Adrià; Vidal Mateu, David; Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc (European Spatial Agengy (ESA), 2014)
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      Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) – BarcelonaTech Remote Sensing Laboratory focus on the development of breakthrough concepts. The 3Cat-2 mission is on the synergy of GNSS reflectometry and the CubeSat concept. ...
    • The GRSS standard for GNSS-reflectometry 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Flouri, Nicolas; Martín Neira, Manuel; Ruf, Chris; Wang, Tianlin; Khalsa, Siri Jodha; Clarizia, Maria Paola; Reynolds, Jennifer; Johnson, Joel (2020)
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      In February 2019 a Project Authorization Request was approved by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association with the title “Standard for Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry ...
    • The IEEE-SA Working Group on Spaceborne GNSS-R: Scene study 

      Carreño Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Ruf, Chris; Floury, Nicolas; Martín Neira, Manuel; Wang, Tianlin; Khalsa, Siri Jodha; Clarizia, Maria Paola; Reynolds, Jennifer; Johnson, Joel; O’Brien, Andrew; Galdi, Carmela; di Bisceglie, Maurizio; Dielacher, Andreas (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021-06-16)
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      The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) created the GRSS “Standards for Earth Observation Technical Committee” to advance the usability of remote sensing ...