ELBARA is an abbreviation from ESA L-Band Radiometer. This radiometer is participating in calibration/validation of SMOS satellite. ELBARA (from ESA L-Band Radiometer) is passive radiometer, working at ∼1420 MHz (Hydrogen HI line). Due to stricte scientific purpose of this frequency (radio astronomy, satellite communications), the L-Band is protected in this range. For this reason, ELBARA measurements (theoretically) should be clean of various radio...
The study of soil moisture is a scientific challenge. Not only because of large diversity of soils and differences in their water content, but also due to the difficulty of measuring, especially in large scale. On this field of interest several methods to determine the content of water in soil exists. The basic and referential is gravimetric method, which is accurate, but suitable only for small spatial scales and time-consuming. Indirect methods are...
Not only ELBARA is acquiring data. Apart from the soil moisture, we also study weather. Agro-meteorological station includes modules which are responsible for acquiring data from: Soil moisture, Soil surface temperature, Thermal properties of soil Soil water potential, Air pressure, temperature and humidity, Wind speed and direction,...
SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) is ESA satellite intended to collect results of brightness temperature measurements. This data increasing our knownledge of global water cycle and its influence to climate. SMOS like ELBARA is working as a passive radiometer in L-Band (1420 MHz). With 35–50 km spatial resolution, satellite achieve global coverage every three days. Our team is engaged in SMOS data processing, especially for water content in Polish...
ELBARA is set in a unique place – near natural swamp. Learn more about advantages and opportunities of this localization. Bubnow Wetland is natural swamp in the eastern Poland, localized in Polesie National Park (PNP), mostly in Urszulin commune. In this relatively small area there is a great diversity of natural conditions and rare species of plants and animals [1] – Bubnow includes a Special Protection Area for birds. This area is also...
ELBARA Poland Team
Remote soil moisture sensing challengeELBARA radiometer is participating in calibration/validation of SMOS satellite. Also we locally measure brightness temperature and try to convert this results to soil moisture data. As a good researchers, we would like to share with you our knowledge and experience in this field. Enjoy with us in this scientific challenge!
Learn MoreCheck our publications, results from ELBARA, TDRs and agro-meteorological station measurements. We collect data from radiometer every 6 hour, weather station works 24h/day.
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