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Browsing by Subject "Remote sensing"

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    • 100 GHz retina for THz tomographic imaging 

      Alonso, Maria; Guerra, C.; Nova, Enrique; Abril, Jordi; Romeu Robert, Jordi; Llombart, Nuria; Jofre Roca, Lluís (2011)
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      In a tomographic imaging system, the key is to collect a sufficient number of scattered field points to recover the currents in the inverse scattering problem. This can be accomplished by using a real array of multiplexed ...

    • 2000 days of SMOS at the Barcelona Expert Centre: a tribute to the work of Jordi Font 

      Turiel Martínez, Antonio; Piles Guillem, Maria; González Gambau, V.; Ballabrera Poy, Joaquim; Gabarró Prats, Carolina; Martinez, Justino; Olmedo, Estrella; Portabella, Marcos; Pérez López, Fernando; Solé Ollé, Jordi (2016-09-01)
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      Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) is the first satellite mission capable of measuring sea surface salinity and soil moisture from space. Its novel instrument (the L-band radiometer MIRAS) has required the development ...

    • 3CAT-2, an experimental nano-satellite for GNSS-R earth observation: mission concept and analysis 

      Carreno-Luengo, Hugo; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Muñoz, Joan Francesc; Vidal, David; Amézaga Sarries, Adrià; Bolet Alberto, Font; Jané, Jaume; Olivé, Roger; Carola, Jorge; Catarino, Nuno; Hagenfeldt, Miguel; Palomo, Pedro; Cornara, Stefania (2016-10-01)
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      Global navigation satellite system reflectometry is a multistatic radar using navigation signals as signals of opportunity. It provides wide-swath and improved spatiotemporal sampling over current space-borne missions. The ...

    • 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 ...

    • 3CAT-3/MOTS, an experimental nanosatellite for multispectra and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Mission concept and analysis 

      Castellví Esturi, Jordi; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbera Fauria, Jordi; Alamús, Ramón (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
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      The 3 Cat-3/MOTS mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster new and innovative technologies on ...

    • 3CAT-3/MOTS, an experimental nanosatellite for multispectral and GNSS-R earth observation: airborne optical and GNSS-R campaign 

      Castellví Esturi, Jordi; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Onrubia Ibáñez, Raúl; Alamús, Ramón; Pascual Biosca, Daniel; Querol Borràs, Jorge; Hyuk, Park (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      The 3 Cat-3/MOTS mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster new and innovative technologies on ...

    • 3Cat-4: combined GNSS-R, L-Band radiometer with RFI mitigation, and AIS receiver for a I-Unit Cubesat based on software defined radio 

      Muñoz Martin, Joan Francesc; Miguélez Gómez, Noemí; Castellà Rubinat, Ricard; Fernández Capón, Lara Pilar; Solanellas Bofarull, Arnau; Via Ortega, Pol; Camps Carmona, Adriano José (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      The 3 Cat-4 mission aims to demonstrate the capabilities of nano-satellites plus the versatility of a Software Defined Radio for passive Earth Observation. Three different microwave payloads are integrated into a single ...

    • 3D semantic scene completion with LiDAR point clouds 

      Cortada Garcia, Martí (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-07-10)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      In recent years, the development of autonomous vehicles has shown significant potential in improving road safety by reducing traffic accidents and fatalities. One of the critical technologies enabling this advancement is ...

    • A new coastal upwelling index generated with surface current estimations from high-frequency radars 

      Lorente Jiménez, Pablo; Rubio, Anna; Reyes Reyes, Emma; Solabarrieta Odriozola, Lohitzune; Piedracoba Varela, Silvia; Montero Vilar, Pedro; Ruiz, María Isabel; Manso Narvarte, Ivan; López Fernández, Guiomar; Ayensa Aguirre, Garbiñe; Tintoré Subirana, Joaquín; Mader, Julien (SARTI, 2024)
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      Coastal upwelling has been extensively studied as it plays a critical role in the connectivity between offshore waters and coastal ecosystems, which has impacts on water quality, fisheries, and aquaculture production. ...

    • A 1-D radiative transfer study of mineral dust during CHARMEX/ADRIMED 2013 campaign 

      Granados Muñoz, María José; Sicard, Michaël; Román Díez, Roberto; Benavent Oltra, Pablo; Barragán Cuesta, Rubén; Brogniez, G.; Denjean, Cyrielle; Alados-Arboledas, L; Muñoz Porcar, Constantino; Rodríguez Gómez, Alejandro Antonio; Comerón Tejero, Adolfo (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
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      A 1-D radiative transfer study is presented based on the measurements performed at Granada during a dust event within the framework of the ChArMEx/ADRIMED (Chemistry-Aerosol Mediterranean Experiment/Aerosol Direct Radiative ...

    • A comparative study of operational vessel detectors for maritime surveillance using satellite-borne synthetic aperture radar 

      Stasolla, Mattia; Mallorquí Franquet, Jordi Joan; Margarit, Gerard; Santamaría, Carlos; Walker, Nick (2016-06-01)
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      This paper presents a comparative study among four operational detectors that work by automatically post-processing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images acquired from the satellite platforms RADARSAT-2 and COSMO-SkyMed. ...

    • A comparison of different optimisation search methodologies for self-optimisation in wireless cellular networks 

      Sánchez González, Juan; Sallent Roig, Oriol; Pérez Romero, Jordi; Agustí Comes, Ramon (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
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      Self-Organising Networks (SON) concept is seen as a way to reduce costs by automating functionalities such as network optimisation usually performed manually with extensive human work time. This paper provides a general ...

    • A comparison of different techniques for atmospheric artefact compensation in GBSAR differential acquisitions 

      Pipia, Luca; Fabregas Canovas, Francisco Javier; Aguasca Solé, Alberto; Mallorquí Franquet, Jordi Joan (IEEE, 2006)
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      In this paper, a comparison of different techniques for compensating the atmospheric artifacts in Ground-Based SAR zero-baseline acquisitions at X-Band is presented. The way the fluctuation of atmospheric parameters like ...

    • A comparison of phase unwrapping techniques in synthetic aperture radar interferometry 

      Ferrando Bataller, Miquel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1999)
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      A comparison of different phase unwrapping techniques based on the least mean square error is presented. A testing environment based on simulated interferograms has been created in order to assess the methods described in ...

    • A contour matching approach for accurate NOAA-AVHRR image navigation 

      Eugenio, F; Marqués Acosta, Fernando; Suarez, E; Rovaris, E (Eurasip, 2000)
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      Although different methods for NOAA AVHRR image navigation have already been established, the multitemporal and multi-satellite character of most studies requires automatic and accurate methods for navigation of satellite ...

    • A controlled ground-based experiment to assess the capabilities of GNSS-R for marine litter detection in a flume 

      Gonga i Siles, Amadeu; Pérez Portero, Adrián; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Pascual Biosca, Daniel; de Fockert, Anton; de Maagt, Peter (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
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      Detection of marine litter is an urgent task given the large amount of plastics that end up in all water systems. This manuscript provides the description and results obtained from a ground-based Global Navigation Satellite ...

    • A Cubesat-ready phase synchronization digital payload for coherent distributed remote sensing missions 

      Querol Borràs, Jorge; Merlano-Duncan, Juan Carlos; Martínez Marrero, Liz; Krivochiza, Jevgenij; Kumar, Sumit; Maturo, Nicola; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Chatzinotas, Symeon; Ottersten, Björn (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
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      Distributed antenna arrays, fractionated payloads and cooperative platforms can provide unprecedented performance in the next generation of spaceborne communications and remote sensing systems. Remote phase synchronization ...

    • A deep learning approach to downscale geostationary satellite imagery for decision support in high impact wildfires 

      McCarthy, Nicholas; Tohidi, Ali; Aziz, Yawar; Dennie, Matt; Valero Pérez, Mario Miguel; Hu, Nicole (2021-03-03)
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      Scarcity in wildland fire progression data as well as considerable uncertainties in forecasts demand improved methods to monitor fire spread in real time. However, there exists at present no scalable solution to acquire ...

    • A dual network for super-resolution and semantic segmentation of sentinel-2 imagery 

      Abadal Lloret, Sauc; Salgueiro Romero, Luis Fernando; Marcello Ruiz, Javier; Vilaplana Besler, Verónica (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-11-12)
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      There is a growing interest in the development of automated data processing workflows that provide reliable, high spatial resolution land cover maps. However, high-resolution remote sensing images are not always affordable. ...

    • A front-end circuit for two-wire connected resistive sensors with a wire-resistance compensation 

      Reverter Cubarsí, Ferran (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-10-03)
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      In this article, a novel front-end circuit for remote two-wire resistive sensors that is insensitive to the wire resistances is proposed and experimentally characterized. The circuit relies on an OpAmp-based current source ...