The European Space Agency will launch the first salinity satellite for remotely sensing the global soil moisture and ocean salinity (SMOS) at a sun-synchronous orbit in 2009. One of the payloads on the satellite is a ...The European Space Agency will launch the first salinity satellite for remotely sensing the global soil moisture and ocean salinity (SMOS) at a sun-synchronous orbit in 2009. One of the payloads on the satellite is a synthetic aperture microwave radiometer (MIRAS), which is an innovative instrument designed as a two-dimensional (2D) interferometer for acquiring brightness temperature (TB) at L-band (1.4 GHz). MIRAS allows measuring TB at a series of incidences for full polarizations. As the satellite travels, a given location within the 2D field of view is observed from different incidence angles. The authors develop a new scheme to retrieve the sea-surface salinity (SSS) from SMOS's TB at multi-incidence angles in a pixel, utilizing the properties of emissivity changing with incidence angles. All measurements of a given Stokes parameter in a pixel are first fitted to incidence angles in three order polynomial, and then the smoothed data are used for retrieving the SSS. The procedure will remove the random noise in TB greatly. Furthermore, the new method shows that the error in retrieved SSS is very sensitive to the system biases in the calibrated TB of the sensor, but the error in the retrieval is also a system bias, which can be corrected by post-launch validation. Therefore, this method may also serve as a means to evaluate the calibration precision in TB.展开更多
Minjingu Phosphate Rock （MPR） from Northern Tanzania and the Ikutha Phosphate Rock （IPR） found in Central-Southeast Kenya are well documented as potential sources of phosphorous （P） available in East Africa. On-...Minjingu Phosphate Rock （MPR） from Northern Tanzania and the Ikutha Phosphate Rock （IPR） found in Central-Southeast Kenya are well documented as potential sources of phosphorous （P） available in East Africa. On-farm trials in phosphate-deficient soils in Western Kenya demonstrated MPR to be as effective as triple superphosphate （TSP） - 20% P, at equal P rates. The aim of this work is to determine the distribution of phosphorus in these phosphate rocks （PRs）. The different phosphorus fractions were extracted using the modified Williams extraction procedure and analysis carried on a UV/VIS spectrometer （SHIMADZU UV-220-02 and NOVASPEC II）. The analysis showed that the most abundant form of phosphorus in the phosphate rocks was the Inorganic Phosphorus （IP） contributing 74.20% of total phosphorus （TP） for Minjingu, and 83,28% of total phosphorus for Ikutha phosphate rock.展开更多
文摘The European Space Agency will launch the first salinity satellite for remotely sensing the global soil moisture and ocean salinity (SMOS) at a sun-synchronous orbit in 2009. One of the payloads on the satellite is a synthetic aperture microwave radiometer (MIRAS), which is an innovative instrument designed as a two-dimensional (2D) interferometer for acquiring brightness temperature (TB) at L-band (1.4 GHz). MIRAS allows measuring TB at a series of incidences for full polarizations. As the satellite travels, a given location within the 2D field of view is observed from different incidence angles. The authors develop a new scheme to retrieve the sea-surface salinity (SSS) from SMOS's TB at multi-incidence angles in a pixel, utilizing the properties of emissivity changing with incidence angles. All measurements of a given Stokes parameter in a pixel are first fitted to incidence angles in three order polynomial, and then the smoothed data are used for retrieving the SSS. The procedure will remove the random noise in TB greatly. Furthermore, the new method shows that the error in retrieved SSS is very sensitive to the system biases in the calibrated TB of the sensor, but the error in the retrieval is also a system bias, which can be corrected by post-launch validation. Therefore, this method may also serve as a means to evaluate the calibration precision in TB.
文摘Minjingu Phosphate Rock （MPR） from Northern Tanzania and the Ikutha Phosphate Rock （IPR） found in Central-Southeast Kenya are well documented as potential sources of phosphorous （P） available in East Africa. On-farm trials in phosphate-deficient soils in Western Kenya demonstrated MPR to be as effective as triple superphosphate （TSP） - 20% P, at equal P rates. The aim of this work is to determine the distribution of phosphorus in these phosphate rocks （PRs）. The different phosphorus fractions were extracted using the modified Williams extraction procedure and analysis carried on a UV/VIS spectrometer （SHIMADZU UV-220-02 and NOVASPEC II）. The analysis showed that the most abundant form of phosphorus in the phosphate rocks was the Inorganic Phosphorus （IP） contributing 74.20% of total phosphorus （TP） for Minjingu, and 83,28% of total phosphorus for Ikutha phosphate rock.
