Analysis of the performance of the Microwave Imager radiometer for MetOp Second Generation

Author

Alberti, G. ; Memoli, A. ; Pica, G. ; Santovito, M.R. ; Varchetta, S. ; Buralli, B. ; Brandt, Michael ; Charlton, J.E. ; Lahtinen, Janne ; D´addio, S. ; Kangas, V.

Author_Institution

Co..RI.S.T.A., Consortium for Res. on Adv., Remote Sensing Syst., Naples, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

5-9 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In the framework of the Phase A study for MetOp Second Generation mission (MetOp-SG), CORISTA developed an instrument performance model for MicroWave Imager (MWI) instrument that is currently studied for MetOp-SG. MWI is a conically scanning microwave radiometer, consisting of 28 channels and covering frequency range from 18 GHz up to 183 GHz. The corresponding algorithms have been implemented by means of dedicated software aimed to analyze the performance of the MWI. An analysis tool was developed for the instrument channels as well as for the overall system performance parameters. The software tool was developed in MatLab language.

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysics computing; mathematics computing; microwave measurement; radiometers; CORISTA; MatLab language; MetOp second generation mission; conically scanning microwave radiometer; instrument channels; microwave imager instrument; microwave imager radiometer performance analysis; Application software; Feeds; Image resolution; Mixers; MetOp Second Generation; conical scanning radiometer; microwave radiometers; radiometer performance modelling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2012 12th Specialist Meeting on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1468-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MicroRad.2012.6185267

Filename

6185267