Title :
Approach for satellite slant path remote sensing
Author :
Catalan, C. ; Vilar, E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Portsmouth Univ., UK
fDate :
6/11/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is theoretically and experimentally shown how angular smoothing of the sky brightness temperature caused by the radiometer antenna pattern can be used in conjunction with the spectral characteristics of the amplitude scintillations of a beacon receiver to allow unambiguous determination of the wind speed of a turbulent layer and its height, helping in the estimation of the refractive index structure constant (C n2)
Keywords :
atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; atmospheric techniques; microwave links; microwave propagation; radiometry; refractive index; remote sensing; satellite links; sky brightness; wind; amplitude scintillations; angular smoothing; atmosphere; beacon receiver; height; measurement technique; radiometer antenna pattern; refractive index structure constant; remote sensing; satellite slant path; sky brightness temperature; spectral characteristics; turbulent layer; wind speed;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980812
