Two-dimensional synthetic aperture images over a land surface scene

Franck Bayle (1) , Jean-Pierre Wigneron (2) , Yann H. Kerr (3) , Philippe Waldteufel (4) , Eric Anterrieu (5) , Jean-Claude Orlhac , Andre Chanzy (6) , Olivier Marloie , Marc Bernardini , Sten Sobjaerg (7) , Jean-Christophe Calvet (8) , Jean-Marc Goutoule (1) , Niels Skou (7)

1 Astrium [Toulouse]
2 Unité de bioclimatologie
3 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère
4 SA - Service d'aéronomie
5 CERFACS - Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique
6 CSE - Unité Climat, Sol et Environnement
7 DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark
8 CNRM - Centre national de recherches météorologiques

The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) space mission is currently undergoing phase-B studies at the European Space Agency. The SMOS payload is an L-band interferometric radiometer based on a two-dimensional aperture synthesis concept. This paper presents the first images obtained by a demonstrator of the SMOS instrument over land surfaces at the Avignon test site in 1999.

Mots clés: Layout; Land surface; Sea surface; Space missions; SMOS mission; Payloads; L-band; Radiometry; Instruments; Testing

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère

Franck Bayle, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Yann H. Kerr, Philippe Waldteufel, Eric Anterrieu, et al.. Two-dimensional synthetic aperture images over a land surface scene. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2002, 40 (3), pp.710-714. ⟨10.1109/TGRS.2002.1000330⟩. ⟨hal-00005157⟩