DocumentCode
1050858
Title
The Seasat scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR): Radiometric calibration algorithm development and performance
Author
Swanson, Paul N. ; Riley, A. Landis
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Volume
5
Issue
2
fYear
1980
fDate
4/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
116
Lastpage
124
Abstract
Radiometric calibration algorithms for processing Seasat scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR) flight data are presented. An equation is derived which accounts for losses and reradiation in the microwave components and nonlinearities in the radiometer. The application of pre-launch calibration data to this derivation is described. A performance evaluation of the post-launch operation of the algorithm is presented, indicating temperature resolution of 0.63 K at 6.6 GHz and 1.39 K at 37 GHz.
Keywords
Meteorological satellites; Microwave radiometry; Sea surface; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Instruments; Land surface temperature; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Sea measurements; Space technology; Temperature sensors; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0364-9059
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JOE.1980.1145452
Filename
1145452
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