Title :
Microwave Brightness Temperature Pattern Over the Indian Subcontinent and the Surrounding Oceans as Observed by the Satellite Microwave Radiometer (SAMIR) Onboard Bhaskara
Author :
Calla, OPN ; Raju, G ; Rana, Ss ; Balasubramanian, S
Author_Institution :
Communications Area, Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India.
Abstract :
Salient features of the Satellite Microwave Radiometer (SAMIR) onboard ´Bhaskara´, the first Indian satellite for earth observations are described. SAMIR is a three channel microwave radiometric system two operating at around 19 GHz and one at 22.235 GHz. A temperature sensitivity of better than 1 ° K has been achieved.
Keywords :
Brightness temperature; Clouds; Earth; Meteorology; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Satellite broadcasting; Soil; Switches; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1980. 10th European
Conference_Location :
Warszawa, Poland
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1980.332877
