Microwave radiometry and remote sensing applications : proceedings of the specialist meeting held in Florence, Italy, 9-11 March, 1988

Preface MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE Algorithm for the passive microwave remote sensing of soil moisture T.J. Jackson and T.J. Schmugge Microwave radiometry and saline soil N. Armand, E.A. Reutov and A.M. Shutko Results of PBMR flights during the four intensive field campaigns of Fife J.R. Wang, J.C. Shiue, T.J. Schmugge and E.T. Engman Capability of Bhaskara-II Satellite microwave radiometer data for land studies: correlation with ground truth K.S. Rao, P.V. Narasimha Rao, B.H. Mohan, M.V. R. Murthi, R.L. Karale and K.K. Narula Physical bases and applications of microwave radiometry for land survey N. Armand and A. Shutko Modeling microwave emission from vegetation P. Ferrazzoli, S. Paloscia, P. Pampaloni and D. Solimini Microwave radiometry of vegetation parameters S. Paloscia and P. Pampaloni Multispectral microwave signatures of the Antarctic ice sheet H. Rott The advance of multifrequency microwave radiometry in China T. Xuyan DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF NATURAL MATERIALS Properties of dielectric mixtures with layered spherical inclusions A. Sihvola A study on the effect of soil texture on passive microwave remote sensing K.S. Rao, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Y. Subramanyeswara Rao, G. Chandra, C. Suresh Raju and M.V. Bapat Microwave radiometry of leaves C. MAtzler and A. Sume MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY OF THE ATMOSPHERE Passive microwave sensing of the atmosphere from space D.H. Staelin Passive microwave remote sensing of precipitation from space: impact of cloud microphysics A. Mugnai and E.A. Smith The microwave radiometric profiler in integrated atmospheric remote sensing systems E.R. Westwater Physical inversion by means of singular value decomposition of a ground-based temperature profiling microwave radiometer H. Nordius Preliminary observations of atmospheric brightness temperature fluctuations at two microwave frequencies P. Ciotti, G. Schiavon, D. Solimini, P. Tognolatti and E.R. Westwater SYNERGISM OF PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSORS Synergism between EOS passive and active microwave sensors K.R. Carver Microwave emission and scattering from agricultural fields P. Ferrazzoli, G. Luzi, S. Paloscia, P. Pampaloni, G. Schiavon and D. Solimini Microwave radiometry for correcting radar altimeter data: the ERS-1 experiment P. Basili, P. Ciotti and G.D' Auria Microwave remote determination of ocean surface parameters -- A preliminary analysis A. Guissard, P. Sobieski and C. Baufays TECHNOLOGY OF PASSIVE MICROWAVE SYSTEMS The microwave radiometry mode of the MRSE W. Keydel, M. Werner and F. Schlude AMIR: sensor technical aspecst S. Badessi, B. Bizzarri, L. Lachi, D. Martinez and E. Nisi A sea salinity/soil moisture push-broom radiometer system for future high capacity space platforms N. Skou Design, manufacture and testing of a demonstration model push-broom radiometer B. Le Stradic Airborne microwave equipment for soil moisture investigation G. Ijjas, I. Juhasz and P. Zilahy Optimization of scan and post-detection filter parameters for a passive microwave sensor L.M. Reyneri and G. Nesti Long term stability test on two Plessey 90 GHz noise sources G. Nesti Passive microwave data products standardisation: MOS-1 MSR case L. Fusco and M. Egleme