Interpretation of Bhaskara-II satellite microwave radiometer data in terms of land features

Studies on brightness temperature (TB) data of 325 passes acquired by Bhaskara-II satellite microwave radiometers (SAMIR) at 19.35, 22-235 and 31.4 GHz indicate that certain passes have interesting TB data trends over land and sea in spite of coarse ground resolution. Here an attempt is made to analyse such passes in terms of the ground features and agroclimatic conditions. Certain passes have shown more or less constant TB values over a long stretch of the pass. Average TB data values have been extracted from such passes and are summarized.