Soil water infiltration observation with microwave radiometers

Soil water infiltration observation with microwave radiometers

Experiments were conducted using truck-based microwave radiometers operating at 1.41(L-band) and 2.65-GHz (S-band) horizontal polarization to observe small plots during and following sprinkler irrigation. These experiments were conducted on a sandy loam soil in 1994 and a silt loam in 1995. Sandy loam soils typically have higher infiltration capabilities than clays, and in our studies, we were ...

Soil Moisture Sensing with Microwave Radiometers

Interferometric Imaging Technology for Microwave Radiometers 41 Interferometric Imaging Technology for Microwave Radiometers

Since 1957, when the first man made satellite opened the space age of human history, satellite earth observation has been taking advantage of high altitude to look at the globe and have applications in the areas of weather forecasting, oceanography, land survey and resource discovery, environmental and disaster monitoring, as well as applications in the area of defence. The observational freque...

Calibration of Microwave Radiometers: an Overview

INTRODUCTION This paper describes 1) the progress of the work of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Instrumentation and Future Technologies Technical Committee (IFT-TC) Microwave Radiometer Working Group and 2) an overview of the calibration issues of microwave radiometers as an introduction to a dedicated session.

Passive Microwave Radiometers & Climate Monitoring: A Study

A brief overview of the role of passive microwave radiometer in climate monitoring is given in this paper. Passive microwave radiometers have been an important part of the emerging field of climate applications of satellite data. Even though the researchers in passive microwave remote sensing are less as compared to visible and infrared remote sensing, the characteristics of microwave radiomete...