Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications

Contents:

Preface

MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE

Algorithm for the passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture
T.J. Jackson and T.J. Schmugge

Microwave radiometry and saline soil
N. Armand, E.A. Reutov and A.M. Shutko

Results of PBMR flights during the four intensive field campaigns of Fife
J.R. Wang, J.C. Shiue, T.J. Schmugge and E.T. Engman

Capability of Bhaskara-II Satellite microwave radiometer data for land studies: correlation with ground truth
K.S. Rao, P.V. Narasimha Rao, B.H. Mohan, M.V.R. Murthi, R.L. Karale and K.K. Narula

Physical bases and applications of microwave radiometry for land survey
N. Armand and A. Shutko

Modeling microwave emission from vegetation
P. Ferrazzoli, S. Paloscia, P. Pampaloni and D. Solimini

Microwave radiometry of vegetation parameters
S. Paloscia and P. Pampaloni

Multispectral microwave signatures of the Antarctic ice sheet
H. Rott

The advance of multifrequency microwave radiometry in China
T. Xuyan

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF NATURAL MATERIALS

Properties of dielectric mixtures with layered spherical inclusions
A. Sihvola

A study on the effect of soil texture on passive microwave remote sensing
K.S. Rao, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Y. Subramanyeswara Rao, G. Chandra, C. Suresh Raju and M.V. Bapat

Microwave radiometry of leaves
C. Mätzler and A. Sume

MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE

Passive microwave sensing of the atmosphere from space
D.H. Staelin

Passive microwave remote sensing of precipitation from space: impact of cloud microphysics
A. Mugnai and E.A. Smith

The microwave radiometric profiler in integrated atmospheric remote sensing systems
E.R. Westwater

Physical inversion by means of singular value decomposition of a ground-based temperature profiling microwave radiometer
H. Nordius

Preliminary observations of atmospheric brightness temperature fluctuations at two microwave frequencies
P. Ciotti, G. Schiavon, D. Solimini, P. Tognolatti and E.R. Westwater

SYNERGISM OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSORS

Synergism between EOS passive and active microwave sensors
K.R. Carver

Microwave emission and scattering from agricultural fields
P. Ferrazzoli, G. Luzi, S. Paloscia, P. Pampaloni, G. Schiavon and D. Solimini

Microwave radiometry for correcting radar altimeter data: the ERS-1 experiment
P. Basili, P. Ciotti and G.D' Auria

Microwave remote determination of ocean surface parameters -- A preliminary analysis
A. Guissard, P. Sobieski and C. Baufays

TECHNOLOGY OF PASSIVE MICROWAVE SYSTEMS

The microwave radiometry mode of the MRSE
W. Keydel, M. Werner and F. Schlude

AMIR: sensor technical aspecst
S. Badessi, B. Bizzarri, L. Lachi, D. Martinez and E. Nisi

A sea salinity/soil moisture push-broom radiometer system for future high capacity space platforms
N. Skou

Design, manufacture and testing of a demonstration model push-broom radiometer
B. Le Stradic

Airborne microwave equipment for soil moisture investigation
G. Ijjas, I. Juhasz and P. Zilahy

Optimization of scan and post-detection filter parameters for a passive microwave sensor
L.M. Reyneri and G. Nesti

Long term stability test on two Plessey 90 GHz noise sources
G. Nesti

Passive microwave data products standardisation: MOS-1 MSR case
L. Fusco and M. Egleme

1989; xii pages
ISBN 90-6764-108-1
Price: NLG 220.37/EUR 100/US$ 116