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OUTSTANDING ISSUES - CALIBRATION
The three stages of Level 1 SMOS calibration
Summary of outstanding issues
Reasons for testing the Stage 2 calibration
Significant unproven but necessary capabilities
of the Level 1/Stage 2 model
Propose applying Level 1 calibration to HUT aircraft
demonstration sensor
Defining the correlation structure ?Statement
of problem
Sources of calibration bias (1 of 2)
Sources of calibration bias (2 of 2)
Role of Vicarious Calibration
Review of vicarious calibration using a statistical
cold reference
Sample cold TB histogram
Example of vicarious cold reference ?TOPEX Microwave
Radiometer ?2-?8
L-Band characteristics of vicarious cold reference
(1 of 2)
L-Band characteristics of vicarious cold reference
(2 of 2)
Using vicarious cold reference at L-Band
Study plan for application of the vicarious cold
reference method to SMOS
Direct calibration of Visibility samples
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