1. Brightness temperature and emissivity retrieved from a portable L-band radiometer.
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Krishnan, Sooraj, Nair, Akhilesh S., Indu, J., Jove-Casulleras, R., and Gonzalvez-Foguet, R.
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MICROWAVE radiometers ,BRIGHTNESS temperature ,EMISSIVITY ,RADIOMETERS ,TERBIUM ,MICROWAVE radiometry ,SOIL moisture - Abstract
L-band microwave radiometry is one of the globally accepted techniques to estimate surface soil moisture by measuring upwelling brightness temperature (TB) from the surface. L-band radiometers have been historically used for ground truth validation of space-borne missions. Existing devices are distinguished by using huge and bulky antennas to conduct precise multi-angular measurements at the cost of portability. The current work demonstrates that a portable ground-based L-band microwave radiometer can be used to measure high-resolution TB, soil temperature and emissivity in a case study area in India as an alternative to a traditional huge ground-based radiometer. To show the influence of surface soil moisture (SM) on TB, a controlled experiment was conducted to investigate the temporal variation of TB over a bare soil surface. Spatial analysis of the measured data shows that the compact radiometer can efficiently capture the linear relationship between emissivity and TB, while temporal analysis of TB over a small area shows the variation in TB dynamics with SM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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