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Introduction
Passive Remote Sensing
EM Spectrum
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Microwave region
300 MHz 30 GHz.
Advantages
Day/night coverage.
All weather except during
periods of heavy rain.
Complementary
information to that in
optical and IR regions.
Disadvantages
Wavelength, cm
Frequency, GHz
Ka
0.75-1.18
40.0-26.5
1.19-1.67
26.5-18.0
Ku
1.67-2.4
18.0-12.5
2.4-3.8
12.5-8.0
3.9-7.5
8.0-4.0
7.5-15.0
4.0-2.0
15.0-30.0
2.0-1.0
30.0-100
1.0-0.3
Disadvantages
The
Rayleigh-Jeans Approximation
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a constant
2kcT
L 4
spectral radiance is a
linear function of kinetic
temperature
Brightness Temperature
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TB
L
2 kc
Brightness temperature can be related to kinetic temperature through
emissivity
Tb Tkin
Example of Microwave
Radiometers
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1987
Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) 1987-present
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 1997-present
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) 2002-
present
Passive Microwave
Applications
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Soil moisture
Snow water equivalent
Sea surface temperature
Atmospheric water vapor
Surface wind speed
Cloud liquid water
Rainfall rate
Source: http://forum.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/Members/mtedesco/lectureNov14b
Remote Sensing: M9L1
Atmospheric Effects
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Atmospheric Mapping
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Mapping
global water
vapor using 85
GHz Tb
Source: http://forum.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/Members/mtedesco/lectureNov14b
Remote Sensing: M9L1
Source: http://forum.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/Members/mtedesco/lectureNov14b
Remote Sensing: M9L1
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Thank You
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