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It is installed on board a dedicated French ATR42 research aircraft, in conjunction with other airborne instruments (C-Band scatterometer\u2014STORM, the GOLD-RTR GPS system, the infrared CIMEL radiometer and a visible wavelength camera). Following initial laboratory qualifications, three airborne campaigns involving 21 flights were carried out over South West France, the Valencia site and the Bay of Biscay (Atlantic Ocean) in 2007, 2008 and 2009, in coordination with in situ field campaigns. In order to validate the CAROLS data, various aircraft flight patterns and maneuvers were implemented, including straight horizontal flights, circular flights, wing and nose wags over the ocean. Analysis of the first two campaigns in 2007 and 2008 leads us to improve the CAROLS radiometer regarding isolation between channels and filter bandwidth. After implementation of these improvements, results show that the instrument is conforming to specification and is a useful tool for Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite validation as well as for specific studies on surface soil moisture or ocean salinity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s110100719","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,1,12]],"date-time":"2011-01-12T11:22:00Z","timestamp":1294831320000},"page":"719-742","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":49,"title":["CAROLS: A New Airborne L-Band Radiometer for Ocean Surface and Land Observations"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6141-8222","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mehrez","family":"Zribi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO (CNRS\/IRD\/CNES\/UPS), 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France"},{"name":"Universit\u00e9 Versailles St-Quentin, UPMC, CNRS\/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL (UVSQ\/CNRS\/UPMC), 11 Boulevard d\u2019Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt, France"}]},{"given":"Mickael","family":"Pard\u00e9","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 Versailles St-Quentin, UPMC, CNRS\/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL (UVSQ\/CNRS\/UPMC), 11 Boulevard d\u2019Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt, France"}]},{"given":"Jacquline","family":"Boutin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LOCEAN, Tour 45-55-5eme \u00e9tage, Paris, France"}]},{"given":"Pascal","family":"Fanise","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 Versailles St-Quentin, UPMC, CNRS\/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL (UVSQ\/CNRS\/UPMC), 11 Boulevard d\u2019Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt, France"}]},{"given":"Daniele","family":"Hauser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 Versailles St-Quentin, UPMC, CNRS\/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL (UVSQ\/CNRS\/UPMC), 11 Boulevard d\u2019Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt, France"}]},{"given":"Monique","family":"Dechambre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 Versailles St-Quentin, UPMC, CNRS\/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL (UVSQ\/CNRS\/UPMC), 11 Boulevard d\u2019Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt, France"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6352-1717","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yann","family":"Kerr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESBIO (CNRS\/IRD\/CNES\/UPS), 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France"}]},{"given":"Marion","family":"Leduc-Leballeur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 Versailles St-Quentin, UPMC, CNRS\/INSU, LATMOS-IPSL (UVSQ\/CNRS\/UPMC), 11 Boulevard d\u2019Alembert, 78280 Guyancourt, France"}]},{"given":"Gilles","family":"Reverdin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LOCEAN, Tour 45-55-5eme \u00e9tage, Paris, France"}]},{"given":"Niels","family":"Skou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"DTU-Space, National Space Institute, DTU, B. 348, DK 2800, Lyngby, Denmark"}]},{"given":"Sten","family":"S\u00f8bj\u00e6rg","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"DTU-Space, National Space Institute, DTU, B. 348, DK 2800, Lyngby, Denmark"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1095-2702","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Clement","family":"Albergel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CNRM\/GAME (M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, CNRS), URA 1357, Toulouse, France"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6425-6492","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jean Christophe","family":"Calvet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CNRM\/GAME (M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, CNRS), URA 1357, Toulouse, France"}]},{"given":"Jean Pierre","family":"Wigneron","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"INRA, UR1263 EPHYSE, F-33140 Villenave d'Ornon, France"}]},{"given":"Ernesto","family":"Lopez-Baeza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Facultat de Fisica, Universitat de Valencia, C\/Dr Moliner, 50, Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"Rius","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"IEEC\/ICE-CSIC, Campus UAB\/Fac Ciencies, Torre C-5-parell-2a planta, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain"}]},{"given":"Joseph","family":"Tenerelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Institute of Marine Research (CLS), Brest, France"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,1,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Ulaby, F.T., Moore, R.K., and Fung, A.K. 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