ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission: From science to operational applications

S Mecklenburg, M Drusch, L Kaleschke… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, launched in November
2009, is the European Space Agency's (ESA) second Earth Explorer Opportunity mission …

Спутниковый мониторинг Земли: Микроволновая радиометрия атмосферы и поверхности

БГ Кутуза, МВ Данилычев, ОИ Яковлев - М.: ЛЕНАНД, 2016 - elibrary.ru
В книге описан СВЧ радиометрический метод и системы глобальной микроволновой
радиометрии поверхности и атмосферы Земли. Излагаются особенности теплового …

Spatial variability and regional trends of Antarctic ice shelf surface melt duration over 1979–2020 derived from passive microwave data

A Johnson, R Hock, M Fahnestock - Journal of Glaciology, 2022 - cambridge.org
Passive microwave satellite observations are used to identify the presence of surface
meltwater across Antarctica at daily intervals from July 1979 to June 2020, with a focus on …

Surface melting over the Greenland ice sheet from enhanced resolution passive microwave brightness temperatures (1979–2019)

P Colosio, M Tedesco, X Fettweis… - The Cryosphere …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Surface melting is a major component of the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) surface mass
balance, affecting sea level rise through direct runoff and the modulation on ice dynamics …

Characterization of dry-snow sub-structure using GNSS reflected signals

E Cardellach, F Fabra, A Rius, S Pettinato… - Remote Sensing of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Signals of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) bi-statically reflected off pristine dry
snow in Dome-Concordia, Antarctica, were collected during an experimental campaign with …

Modeling time series of microwave brightness temperature at Dome C, Antarctica, using vertically resolved snow temperature and microstructure measurements

L Brucker, G Picard, L Arnaud, JM Barnola… - Journal of …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Time series of observed microwave brightness temperatures at Dome C, East Antarctic
plateau, were modeled over 27 months with a multilayer microwave emission model based …

Snow grain-size profiles deduced from microwave snow emissivities in Antarctica

L Brucker, G Picard, M Fily - Journal of Glaciology, 2010 - cambridge.org
Spaceborne microwave radiometers are an attractive tool for observing Antarctic climate
because their measurements are related to the snow temperature. However, the conversion …

Metamorphism observation and model of snow from summit, Greenland under both positive and negative temperature gradients in a micro computed tomography

Y Li, I Baker - Hydrological Processes, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Three sets of snow specimens with different initial densities ranging from 311 to 486 kg m−
3, which were collected from depths of 7, 40 and 57 cm at Summit, Greenland (72° 35′ N …

Modeling L-band brightness temperature at Dome C in Antarctica and comparison with SMOS observations

M Leduc-Leballeur, G Picard, A Mialon… - … on Geoscience and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Two electromagnetic models were used to simulate snow emission at L-band from in situ
measurements of snow properties collected at Dome C in Antarctica. Two different …

Microwave Scanner-Sounder MTVZA-GY on New Russian Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M No. 2: Modeling, Calibration, and Measurements

LM Mitnik, VP Kuleshov, ML Mitnik… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
On July 8, 2014 meteorological satellite “Meteor-M” no. 2 with a module of temperature and
humidity atmospheric sensing MTVZA-GY was launched on a circular sun-synchronous …