CORRECTIONOFSPATIALERRORSINSMOS.pptVIP

28th July 2011 IGARSS 2011. Vancouver. Canada CORRECTION OF SPATIAL ERRORS IN SMOS BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE IMAGES L. Wu, I. Corbella, F. Torres, N. Duffo, M. Martín-Neira Spatial errors model At each snapshot MIRAS delivers a Brightness Temperature image TB(ξ,η). Spatial artifacts can be modeled as having Different “gains” at each grid point Different “offsets” at each grid point The first option is considered here as offset is highly cancelled by the “Flat Target Transformation” Estimating the spatial error Spatial error is estimated by carefully analyzing a large number of measurements over a constant target (i.e. the ocean). To minimize temporal and geophysical variations, a large number of orbits at different dates are used. Ascending and descending orbits are considered. The final estimation is an image independent mask to be applied to all measurements. Mask estimation Brightness temperature absolute errors at ground frame are estimated by the regression Errors are transformed to instrument frame and converted to relative The mask is computed from the estimated relative errors as: Once the mask is available, the corrected TB is: Faraday rotation angle Effect on Level 1C brightness temperature Image cut at -25o latitude Conclusions Systematic image reconstruction spatial errors have been estimated from a large number of observations over the ocean. A method to correct for these errors has been developed, with special application to improve salinity retrievals. Correction is as simple as multiplying the raw measurements at level 1B by a constant, direction dependent “mask”. The mask computation is affected by Faraday rotation correction. Results both in L1B and L1C data show that there is a reduction of the artifacts. * Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya SMOS Image Reconstruction Errors All visibility samples show residual systematic errors due to non-perfect instrument calibration. PMS gain (residual Tph dependence) PMS offset (heater) Gkj phase (LO r