Microwave radiometer measurements are exploited to extract important geophysical information. Although it is ben- eficial to merge different frequency channels, it requires extra effort to refer all measurements to a common spatial resolution. Therefore, the capability to enhance the spatial resolution of a single channel is of special interest. In this study, a new numerical procedure to get superresolution microwave scanning radiometer measurements is presented. The approach is physically based on the occurrence of multiple partially correlated measurements. Mathematically, the approach is equivalent to a linear inversion problem, and its solution is pursued by means of a superresolu- tion numerical procedure based on the Tikhonov regularization method. A set of numerical examples illustrates the results of the study in which hypothetical scanning microwave radiometer sen- sor configuration and reference test cases have been considered.
On the Superresolution of Microwave Scanning Radiometer Measurements
MIGLIACCIO, Maurizio
2008-01-01
Abstract
Microwave radiometer measurements are exploited to extract important geophysical information. Although it is ben- eficial to merge different frequency channels, it requires extra effort to refer all measurements to a common spatial resolution. Therefore, the capability to enhance the spatial resolution of a single channel is of special interest. In this study, a new numerical procedure to get superresolution microwave scanning radiometer measurements is presented. The approach is physically based on the occurrence of multiple partially correlated measurements. Mathematically, the approach is equivalent to a linear inversion problem, and its solution is pursued by means of a superresolu- tion numerical procedure based on the Tikhonov regularization method. A set of numerical examples illustrates the results of the study in which hypothetical scanning microwave radiometer sen- sor configuration and reference test cases have been considered.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.