NDLI: L-Band RFI as Experienced During Airborne Campaigns in Preparation for SMOS

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Author	Skou, N. Misra, S. Balling, J.E. Kristensen, S.S. Sobjaerg, S.S.
Copyright Year	1980
Abstract	In support of the European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, a number of soil moisture and sea salinity campaigns, including airborne L-band radiometer measurements, have been carried out. The radiometer used in this context is fully polarimetric and has built-in radio-frequency-interference (RFI)-detection capabilities. Thus, the instrument, in addition to supplying L-band data to the geophysicists, also gave valuable information about the RFI environment. Campaigns were carried out in Australia and in a variety of European locations, resulting in the largest and most comprehensive data set available for assessing RFI at L-band. This paper introduces the radiometer system and how it detects RFI using the kurtosis method, reports on the percentage of data that are typically flagged as being corrupted by RFI, and gives a hint about geographical distribution. Also, examples of polarimetric signatures are given, and the possibility of detecting RFI using such data is discussed.
Sponsorship	IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society IEEE URSI
Starting Page	1398
Ending Page	1407
Page Count	10
File Size	1522872
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01962892
Volume Number	48
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-03-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	L-band Radiofrequency interference Radiometry Space missions SMOS mission Soil moisture Geophysical measurements Sea measurements Moisture measurement Soil measurements radiometer Kurtosis microwave radio-frequency interference (RFI)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Earth and Planetary Sciences Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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