Oct 22, 2019 · The Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) mission uses a combined radiometer and high-resolution radar to measure surface soil moisture and freeze-thaw state.
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The SMAP instrument incorporates an L-band radar (VV, HH, and HV polarizations) and an L-band radiometer (V, H, and 3rd and 4th Stokes parameter polarizations).
The mission will use both active radar and passive radiometer instruments at L-Band. In order to achieve a wide swath at sufficiently high resolution for both ...
SMAP uses an L-band radar and an L-band radiometer for concurrent soil moisture measurements. This takes advantage of both active and passive microwave ...
The mission will use both active radar and passive radiometer instruments at L-Band. In order to achieve a wide swath at sufficiently high resolution for both ...
The SMAP mission concept will utilize L-band radar and radiometer instruments sharing a rotating 6-m mesh reflector antenna to provide high-resolution and ...
Although SMAP was designed to measure soil moisture from space, its L-band radiometer can also be used to measure sea surface salinity (SSS) and sea surface ...
Jun 15, 2012 · SMAP carries two instruments, an L-band radar and an L-band radiometer. The L-band radar emits radio waves and receives the reflected radio ...
The SMAP mission concept will utilize L-band radar and radiometer instruments sharing a rotating 6-m mesh reflector antenna to provide high-resolution and ...
Apr 13, 2015 · The SMAP spacecraft instrumentation features an L-band radiometer and L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), measuring surface emissions and ...