Fully Polarimetric L-Band Brightness Temperature Signatures of Azimuthal Permittivity Patterns - Measurements and Model Simulations

Sten Schmidl Sobioerg; Moritz Link; Thomas Jagdhuber; Carsten Montzka; Francois Jonard; Stephan Dill; Markus Peichl; Thomas Meyer

doi:10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517302

Fully Polarimetric L-Band Brightness Temperature Signatures of Azimuthal Permittivity Patterns - Measurements and Model Simulations

Sten Schmidl Sobioerg, Moritz Link, Thomas Jagdhuber, Carsten Montzka, Francois Jonard, Stephan Dill, Markus Peichl, Thomas Meyer

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Abstract

L-Band microwave radiometry over land mainly focuses on observations of horizontally (H) and vertically (V) polarized brightness temperatures. However, it has been demonstrated that measurements of the full Stokes vector [1] are sensitive to additional environmental properties, e.g. azimuthal plant row orientation. Furthermore, model simulations show that also a smooth surface with a periodic permittivity pattern can cause azimuthal dependencies of the Stokes parameters. The objective of this paper is to present fully polarimetric L-band measurement results from observations of a striped wood and styrodur target, when rotated 360° in small steps. Measurement results of a striped soil and open water target are also reported. Finally, measurements are compared to model simulations, with very good agreement within the validity range of the model (stripe thickness <λ/2).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IGARSS 2018 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2018
Pages	6500-6503
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-7150-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517302
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	2018 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2018) - Valencia, Spain Duration: 22 Jul 2018 → 27 Jul 2018

Conference

Conference	2018 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2018)
Country	Spain
City	Valencia
Period	22/07/2018 → 27/07/2018

Keywords

L-band
Radiometry
Microwave
Polarimetry
Experiment

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Sobioerg, S. S., Link, M., Jagdhuber, T., Montzka, C., Jonard, F., Dill, S., ... Meyer, T. (2018). Fully Polarimetric L-Band Brightness Temperature Signatures of Azimuthal Permittivity Patterns - Measurements and Model Simulations. In IGARSS 2018 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 6500-6503). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517302

Sobioerg, Sten Schmidl ; Link, Moritz ; Jagdhuber, Thomas ; Montzka, Carsten ; Jonard, Francois ; Dill, Stephan ; Peichl, Markus ; Meyer, Thomas. / Fully Polarimetric L-Band Brightness Temperature Signatures of Azimuthal Permittivity Patterns - Measurements and Model Simulations. IGARSS 2018 - IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE, 2018. pp. 6500-6503

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Fully Polarimetric L-Band Brightness Temperature Signatures of Azimuthal Permittivity Patterns - Measurements and Model Simulations. / Sobioerg, Sten Schmidl; Link, Moritz; Jagdhuber, Thomas; Montzka, Carsten; Jonard, Francois; Dill, Stephan; Peichl, Markus; Meyer, Thomas.

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