An overview of advances in signal processing techniques for classical and quantum wideband synthetic apertures

P Vouras, KV Mishra, A Artusio-Glimpse… - IEEE Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rapid developments in synthetic aperture (SA) systems, which generate a larger aperture
with greater angular resolution than is inherently possible from the physical dimensions of a …

The SMOS mission: New tool for monitoring key elements ofthe global water cycle

YH Kerr, P Waldteufel, JP Wigneron… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is now well understood that data on soil moisture and sea surface salinity (SSS) are
required to improve meteorological and climate predictions. These two quantities are not yet …

Non-invasive microwave radiometry thermometry

Y Leroy, B Bocquet, A Mamouni - Physiological measurement, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
Near-field microwave radiometry and radiometric imaging are non-invasive techniques that
are able to provide temperature information at a depth of up to several centimetres in …

SMOS: The challenging sea surface salinity measurement from space

J Font, A Camps, A Borges… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity, European Space Agency, is the first satellite mission
addressing the challenge of measuring sea surface salinity from space. It uses an L-band …

SMOS: The payload

KD McMullan, MA Brown… - … on Geoscience and …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The European Space Agency's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite comprises a single
payload instrument known as the Microwave Interferometric Radiometer with Aperture …

The visibility function in interferometric aperture synthesis radiometry

I Corbella, N Duffo, M Vall-Llossera… - … on Geoscience and …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fundamental equation of interferometric aperture synthesis radiometry is revised to
include full antenna pattern characterization and receivers' interaction. It is shown that the …

ESTAR: A synthetic aperture microwave radiometer for remote sensing applications

DM Le Vine, AJ Griffis, CT Swift… - Proceedings of the …, 1994 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
ESTAR represents a new technology being developed for passive microwave remote
sensing of the environment from space. The instrument employs an interferometric …

SMOS satellite L‐band radiometer: A new capability for ocean surface remote sensing in hurricanes

N Reul, J Tenerelli, B Chapron… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission currently provides multiangular L‐
band (1.4 GHz) brightness temperature images of the Earth. Because upwelling radiation at …

Sea surface salinity observations from space with the SMOS satellite: A new means to monitor the marine branch of the water cycle

N Reul, S Fournier, J Boutin, O Hernandez… - Surveys in …, 2014 - Springer
While it is well known that the ocean is one of the most important component of the climate
system, with a heat capacity 1,100 times greater than the atmosphere, the ocean is also the …

The processing of hexagonally sampled signals with standard rectangular techniques: Application to 2-D large aperture synthesis interferometric radiometers

A Camps, J Bará, IC Sanahuja… - IEEE Transactions on …, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In Earth observation programs there is a need of passive low frequency (L-band)
measurements to monitor soil moisture and ocean salinity with high spatial resolution 10-20 …