Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CTE-CRAE - Grup de Recerca en Ciències i Tecnologies de l'Espai
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RSLAB - Grup de Recerca en Teledetecció
2019-02-27
This manuscript describes the Microwave Interferometric Reflectometer (MIR) instrument, a multi-beam dual-band GNSS-Reflectometer with beam-steering capabilities built to assess the performance of a PAssive Reflectrometry and Interferometry System—In Orbit Demonstrator (PARIS-IoD) like instrument and to compare the performance of different GNSS-R techniques and signals. The instrument is capable of tracking up to 4 different GNSS satellites, two at L1/E1 band, and two at L5/E5 band. The calibration procedure of the up- and down-looking arrays is presented, the calibration performance is evaluated, and the results of the validation experiments carried out before the field experiments are shown in this paper.
Peer Reviewed
Postprint (author's final draft)
Article
English
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació; Global Positioning System; Remote sensing; GNSS; Reflectometry; remote sensing; antenna array; beamforming; beam steering; calibration; Sistema de posicionament global; Teledetecció
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/5/1019
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
Open Access
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
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