bistatic remote sensing reflectometry

Progress toward the use of S-band SoOp in sea surface remote sensing was demonstrated in a 2012-2013 experiment based at the Harvest Oil Platform located at 34.469° N and 120.682° W, roughly 11 km from Point Conception, Santa Barbara, CA. Satellite transmissions from the XM-radio service were observed, using one channel each from the “Rhythm” (located above 85°W) and the “Blues” (115°W) satellites. Each downlink channel had a bandwidth of 1.886 MHz with a symbol rate of 1.64 Msps in Quadrature Phase Shift Key (QPSK) modulation.