@inproceedings{29512d4069af4f9ba79de92f25c86845,
title = "LAND CONTAMINATION CORRECTION FOR AMSR2",
abstract = "Microwave radiometers are designed to capture the Earth{\textquoteright}s electromagnetic radiation in the form of brightness temperatures. At low and medium frequencies, the relatively large footprint of microwave radiometers results in mixing land and water brightness temperatures in coastal areas and lakes. This mixing of signals, also known as land contamination, limits the usability of radiometer measurements and makes them unsuitable for geophysical retrievals up to \textasciitilde{} 100 km away from the coastline. In this paper, we present preliminary results of applying a land contamination correction on AMSR2 measurements to extract coastal information. The correction technique relies on calculating the land fraction within AMSR2 footprints using a high-resolution land mask and a representative antenna pattern.",
keywords = "AMSR2, Brightness temperatures, Coastal retrievals, Land contamination, Land fraction",
author = "Suleiman Alsweiss and Zorana Jelenak and Joseph Sapp and Paul Chang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 IEEE; 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021 ; Conference date: 12-07-2021 Through 16-07-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9554437",
language = "English",
series = "International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) ",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "7513--7515",
booktitle = "IGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}