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)
      Conference report
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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; Fernandez Capon, 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 ...

    • 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, José 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 full Stokes imaging polarimeter based on a consumer CMOS camera 

      Peña Gutiérrez, Sara; Ballesta Garcia, Maria; Royo Royo, Santiago (International Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2019)
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      Nowadays, taking advantage of polarization allows enhancing the contrast of a detected object and extending the information of the scene compared to conventional intensity imagery, as the information added by polarimetric ...

    • A generalized supervised classification scheme to produce provincial wetland inventory maps: an application of Google Earth Engine for big geo data processing 

      Amani, Meisam; Brisco, Brian; Afshar, Majid; Mirmazloumi, Seyedmohammad; Mahdavi, Sahel; Mirzadeh, Sayyed Mohammad Javad; Huang, Weimin; Granger, Jean (2019-10-02)
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      Wetlands are important natural resources due to their numerous ecological services. Consequently, identifying their locations and extents is imperative. The stability, repeatability, cost-effectiveness, multi-scale coverage, ...

    • A generic simulator for aperture synthesis radiometers 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Hyuk, Park; Barbosa Torralbo, José; Bandeiras, J.; D'Addio, Salvatore (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
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      ESA's SMOS mission has demonstrated that Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radiometers can be a useful tool for Earth observation. Today, the NASA's GeoStar instrument (USA), ESA's GAS instrument (Europe), or CSSAR's GIMS ...

    • A geographical heuristic routing protocol for VANETs 

      Urquiza Aguiar, Luis; Tripp Barba, Carolina; Aguilar Igartua, Mónica (2016-10-01)
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      Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) leverage the communication system of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Recently, Delay-Tolerant Network (DTN) routing protocols have increased their popularity among the research ...

    • A Ka-band Radar Interferometer: development and testing 

      Galobart Tor, Bruno (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2013-07-11)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
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      Covenantee:   University of Massachusetts at Amherst
      [ANGLÈS] Radar interferometry is a remote sensing technique that consists in transmitting a signal and measuring the phase difference of the reflected signal between two antennas separated by a baseline. This phase difference ...

    • A Ku band circularly polarized 2×2 microstrip antenna array for remote sensing applications 

      Ferré, Roger; Mira, Fermín; Luzi, Guido; Mateu Mateu, Jordi; Kalialakis, C. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
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      This paper reports the development of a Circularly Polarized (CP) microstrip patch array working at Ku band and in particular between 16.9-17.2GHz for remote sensing applications. The design is based on a sequential ...

    • A learning approach for garbage and debris identification 

      Solé Gómez, Jaume Alexandre (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-10-30)
      Master thesis
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      Covenantee:   Technische Universiteit Delft
      Plastic pollution in the sea is causing several environmental and economic problems all over the world. It is estimated that around 8 million tonnes of plastic every year end up in the sea, the vast majority coming from ...