Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis

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Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS) is the major instrument on the

EADS CASA Espacio, manufacturing the payload of SMOS under ESA's contract.[1][2]

LICEF

The LICEF detector is composed of a round

L-band, amplifies it 100 dB, and digitises it with 1-bit quantisation.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ SMOS mission Payload, Living Planet Programme, ESA
  2. ^ a b SMOS: The Challenging Sea Surface Salinity Measurement from Space, J. Font, A. Camps, A. Borges, M. Martin-Neira, J. Boutin, N. Reul, Y. Kerr, A. Hahne and S. Mecklenburg, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 98, no. 5, May 2010, pp. 649-665
  3. ^ Operating Principles Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine SMOS Mission, ICM-CSIC (Spanish Institute of Marine Sciences – Spanish National Research Council), updated July 2008
  4. ^ Last batch of LICEF receivers delivered for SMOS. Living Planet Programme. ESA
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