Browsing by Author "Martín Neira, Manuel"

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    • 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 novel digital IQ demodulation for interferometric radiometers 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Martín Neira, Manuel; Vilaseca, Roger; Catalán Artigas, Albert; Torres Torres, Francisco; Suess, Martin (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-03-02)
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      In the frame of an SMOS follow-on operational mission, a new instrument design is being developed based on the lessons learned from MIRAS, the SMOS payload. To reduce hardware complexity and mass, digital In-phase Quadrature ...

    • A pre-correlation RFI mitigation algorithm for L-band interferometric radiometers 

      Querol Borràs, Jorge; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Pérez Portero, Adrián; Oliva, Roger; Onrubia Ibáñez, Raul; Ramirez Martinez, Juan Ignacio; Zurita Campos, Alberto M.; Suess, Martin; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
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      Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) is a major concern for both real and synthetic aperture radiometers. After the lessons learnt from SMOS, ESA is preparing the next generation of L-band interferometric radiometers with ...

    • Advances in calibration of the SMOS zero-baseline radiometers 

      Colliander, Andreas; Chae, Chunsik; Dinnat, Emmanuel Philippe; Oliva Balagué, Roger; Kainulainen, Juha; Torres Torres, Francisco; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
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      Over the course of the more than four-year mission several enhancements have been developed for the calibration of the zero-baseline radiometers of ESA's SMOS (Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity) mission. Here a particular ...

    • Altimetry performance and error budget of the PARIS in-orbit demonstration mission 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Pascual Biosca, Daniel; Hyuk, Park; Martín Alemany, Francisco; Rius, Antonio; Ribó Vedrilla, Serni; Benito, Javier; Andrés, A.; Saameno, Paula; Staton, Gavin; Martín Neira, Manuel; D'Addio, Salvatore; Willemsen, P. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
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      Reflectometry using Global Navigation Satellite System's signals of opportunity (GNSS-R) was originally conceived for mesoscale altimetry [1], although its applicability to sea state determination, soil moisture, vegetation, ...

    • Altimetry with GNSS-R interferometry: first proof of concept experiment 

      Martín Neira, Manuel; Altena, B.; van Bree, R.; Van Der Marel, H.; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Rius, Antonio; Nogués Correig, O.; Ribó Vedrilla, Serni; Cardellach, Estel; Oliveras, S.; Valencia Domènech, Enric; Hyuk, Park; Tarongí Bauzá, José Miguel (2012-04)
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      The Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) concept was conceived as a means to densify radar altimeter measurements of the sea surface. Until now, the GNSS-R concept relied on open access to GNSS ...

    • Analysis of Correlation and Total Power Radiometer Front-Ends Using Noise Waves 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Rautiainen, Kimmo; Martín Neira, Manuel; Colliander, Andreas (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2005-11-30)
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      A complete and systematic noise analysis of radiometer front-ends, including both total power and correlation measurements, is presented. The procedure uses the concepts of noise waves and S-parameters, widely used in ...

    • Analysis of correlation and total power radiometer front-ends using noise waves 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Rautiainen, Kimmo; Martín Neira, Manuel; Colliander, Andreas (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2005-11-30)
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      A complete and systematic noise analysis of radiometer front-ends, including both total power and correlation measurements, is presented. The procedure uses the concepts of noise waves and S-parameters, widely used in ...

    • Benefits of applying nodal sampling to SMOS data over semi-enclosed seas and strongly RFI-contaminated regions 

      González Gambau, Verónica; Olmedo, Estrella; Martinez, J.; Turiel, Antonio; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Oliva, Roger; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      Radio Frequency Interferences (RFI) are still an important source of contamination in SMOS data. The application of nodal sampling (NS) to brightness temperature images helps to mitigate the degradation that RFIs produce ...

    • Calibration of the MIRAS Radiometers 

      Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Durán Martínez, Israel; González Gambau, Verónica; Oliva Balagué, Roger; Closa, Josep; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018-12-21)
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      The microwave imaging radiometer with aperture synthesis (MIRAS) is formed by 69 total power radiometers, of which three are the noise-injection type. Their calibration is reviewed on the basis of the data gathered during ...

    • Comparison of GNSS-R processing techniques for spaceborne ocean altimetry 

      Martín Alemany, Francisco; d'Addio, Salvatore; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Martín Neira, Manuel; Hyuk, Park; Pascual Biosca, Daniel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
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      Earth-reflected Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) have become an attractive tool to be employed in low-Earth-orbit spaceborne missions, for applications such as ocean mesoscale altimetry and scatterometry. For such ...

    • Consolidating the precision of interferometric GNSS-R ocean altimetry using airborne experimental data 

      Cardellach, Estel; Rius, Antonio; Martín Neira, Manuel; Fabra Cervellera, Fran; Nogués Correig, O.; Ribó Vedrilla, Serni; Kainulainen, Juha; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; D'Addio, Salvatore (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014-08)
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      This paper revises the precision of altimetric measurements made with signals of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) reflected (GNSS-R) off the sea surface. In particular, we investigate the performance of two ...

    • Correcting the FRA systematic error in VTEC maps from SMOS radiometric data 

      Rubino, Roselena; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; González Gambau, Verónica; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Oliva Balagué, Roger; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-10-17)
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      The Faraday rotation (FR) is a nonnegligible effect at the L-band, which is the operation frequency of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission. This effect introduces a rotation in the electromagnetic field ...

    • Cross-correlation waveform analysis for conventional and interferometric GNSS-R approaches 

      Martín Alemany, Francisco; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Hyuk, Park; d'Addio, Salvatore; Martín Neira, Manuel; Pascual Biosca, Daniel (2014-05-01)
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      Reflectometry using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS-R) signals has become an attractive tool for Earth remote sensing. Back to 1993, it was proposed as an alternative to the conventional spaceborne ocean altimetry ...

    • Cross-correlation waveform mode: a critical review 

      Martín Alemany, Francisco; Hyuk, Park; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; D'Addio, Salvatore; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
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      Earth-reflected Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals have become an attractive tool for remote sensing. Recently it has been proposed as an alternative to the conventional altimetry to estimate the surface ...

    • Denormalization of visibilities for in-orbit calibration of interferometric radiometers 

      Torres Torres, Francisco; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Beraza Robledano, Santiago; Gutiérrez, C.; Martín Neira, Manuel (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2006-10-31)
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      This paper reviews the relative calibration of an interferometric radiometer taking into account the experimental results of the first batch of receivers developed in the frame of the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture ...

    • Denormalization of visibilities for in-orbit calibration of interferometric radiometers 

      Torres Torres, Francisco; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Beraza Robledano, Santiago; Martín Neira, Manuel; Gutiérrez, C. (IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 2006-10-31)
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      This paper reviews the relative calibration of an interferometric radiometer taking into account the experimental results of the first batch of receivers developed in the frame of the European Space Agency's Soil Moisture ...

    • Deriving VTEC maps from SMOS radiometric data 

      Rubino, Roselena; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; González Gambau, Verónica; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Durán Martínez, Israel; Martín Neira, Manuel (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-05-01)
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      In this work, a new methodology is proposed in order to derive vertical total electron content (VTEC) maps from the radiometric measurements of the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission as an alternative approach ...

    • Evaluation of MIRAS space borne instrument performance: snap shot radiometric accuracy and its improvement by means of pixel averaging 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Torres Torres, Francisco; Bará Temes, Francisco Javier; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Martín Neira, Manuel (1997)
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    • Faraday rotation angle retrieval using SMOS radiometric data 

      Wu, Lin; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Torres Torres, Francisco; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Martín Neira, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
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      SMOS radiometric data is used to derive Faraday rotation for a number of orbits combining several scenarios: land, ice and water. Results compare very well with the values theoretically predicted from available ionosphere ...