Present and future of L-Band radiometry

Yann H. Kerr (1) , Nemesio Rodriguez‐fernandez (1) , Dara Entekhabi (2) , Rajat Bindlish (3) , Tong Lee (4) , Simon H. Yueh (4) , Gary S. E. Lagerloef (5) , Jean-Pierre Wigneron (6) , Jacqueline Boutin (7) , Nicolas Reul (8) , Lars Kaleschke (9)

1 CESBIO - Centre d'études spatiales de la biosphère
2 MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
4 AER - Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc.
5 ESR. Station d'Economie et Sociologie rurales
6 UMR ISPA - Interactions Sol Plante Atmosphère
7 PROTEO - Processus et interactions de fine échelle océanique
8 IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
9 Université de Hambourg

After almost 9 years in orbit L band satellite radiometry has demonstrated its impacts and values for a wide range of science and applications. In some cases it has demonstrated its uniqueness for assessing key environmental variables and in many others its high impact.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Sciences de l'environnement

Yann H. Kerr, Nemesio Rodriguez‐fernandez, Dara Entekhabi, Rajat Bindlish, Tong Lee, et al.. Present and future of L-Band radiometry. IEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Jul 2018, Valencia, Spain. ⟨10.1109/IGARSS.2018.8517457⟩. ⟨hal-02737056⟩