DocumentCode
2654096
Title
An Airborne Remote Sensing 4.5 to 7.2 Gigahertz Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer
Author
Harrington, R.F. ; Couch, R.H. ; Fedors, J.C.
fYear
1979
fDate
April 30 1979-May 2 1979
Firstpage
543
Lastpage
544
Abstract
A microwave stepped frequency radiometer operating from 4.5 to 7.2 gigahertz has been designed, fabricated and flight tested in an airborne remote sensing mission by NASA Langley Research Center. This paper describes the design of this precision microwave Dicke-switched noise feedback radiometer, calibration techniques and presents typical results from remote sensing mission employing this radiometer.
Keywords
Aircraft; Circuit noise; Frequency; Geophysical measurements; Ice; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Spatial resolution;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1979 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.1979.1124130
Filename
1124130
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