Thin sea ice thickness as inferred from passive microwave and in situ observations
- K. Naoki, J. Ukita, F. Nishio, M. Nakayama, J. Comiso, A. Gasiewski
- Environmental Science
- 1 February 2008
[1] Microwave radiometric signals from sea ice strongly reflect physical conditions of a layer near the ice surface. This study examines the extent to which the relationships of thickness with…
Soil moisture mapping and AMSR-E validation using the PSR in SMEX02
- R. Bindlish, T. Jackson, A. Gasiewski, M. Klein, E. Njoku
- Environmental Science
- 30 July 2006
An Airborne Millimeter-Wave Imaging Radiometer for Cloud, Precipitation, and Atmospheric Water Vapor Studies
- P. Racette, R. Adler, James R. Wang, A. Gasiewski, D. M. Jakson, D. Zacharias
- Environmental Science, Physics
- 1 June 1996
Abstract A six-channel airborne total-power Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (MIR) was recently built to provide measurements of atmospheric water vapor, clouds, and precipitation. The instrument…
Polarimetric scanning radiometer C- and X-band microwave observations during SMEX03
- T. Jackson, R. Bindlish, P. Starks
- Environmental ScienceIEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote…
- 2005
X-band comparisons of the PSR/CX high-resolution and AMSR-E and TMI low-resolution data indicated a linear scaling for the range of conditions studied in SMEX03, which will form the basis for further soil moisture investigations.
1 Galactic and Extragalactic Radio Astronomy
During 1984 the following programs of research on the interstellar medium and star formation were pursued: 1. In an attempt to determine the interaction between the Sgr A molecular clouds and the…
Polarized microwave emission from water waves
- A. Gasiewski, D. Kunkee
- Environmental Science, Mathematics
- 1 November 1994
Partially polarimetric measurements of thermal emission from a striated water surface at 91.65 GHz illustrate the potential for remote sensing of water wave direction by passive microwave radiometry.…
Estimation of sea ice thickness distributions through the combination of snow depth and satellite laser altimetry data
- N. Kurtz, T. Markus, J. Sonntag
- Environmental Science
- 1 October 2009
[1] Combinations of sea ice freeboard and snow depth measurements from satellite data have the potential to provide a means to derive global sea ice thickness values. However, large differences in…
Aircraft based soil moisture retrievals under mixed vegetation and topographic conditions
- R. Bindlish, T. Jackson, T. Keefer
- Environmental Science
- 15 February 2008
Electromagnetic Analysis of Radiometer Calibration Targets Using Dispersive 3D FDTD
- S. Sandeep, A. Gasiewski
- PhysicsIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- 13 April 2012
Accurate electromagnetic and thermal analysis is essential for designing wideband radiometer calibration targets as well as for understanding the electromagnetic wave interaction with these highly…
High-resolution passive polarimetric microwave mapping of ocean surface wind vector fields
- J. Piepmeier, A. Gasiewski
- Environmental ScienceIEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote…
- 1 March 2001
The aircraft data show that the polarimetric channels are much less susceptible to geophysical noise associated with maritime convection than the first two Stokes parameters, and also provides a model for the third Stokes parameter over wind speeds up to 20 m/s.
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