• DocumentCode
    2697891
  • Title

    Comparison of Sensitivities Generated by Real Aperture and Synthetic Aperture Radiometers

  • Author

    Yan, Jingye ; Wu, Ji ; Marin-Neira, Manuel ; Liu, Hao ; Zhang, Shenwei ; Liu, Heguang ; Jiang, Jingshan

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res. (CSSAR), Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-11 July 2008
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses the sensitivities achieved by either real or synthetic aperture radiometers. In the discussions of both kinds of radiometers, sensitivity is normalized to effective integration time, which is defined to relate the sensitivities of different kind of instruments. Derived relations explicitly demonstrate that the sensitivity by synthetic aperture radiometer is comparable to that of real aperture radiometer.
  • Keywords
    geophysical equipment; microwave measurement; radiometers; sensitivity; effective integration time; instrument sensitivity; real aperture radiometer; synthetic aperture radiometer; Aperture antennas; Calibration; Content addressable storage; Earth; Instruments; Radiometers; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology; Spatial resolution; Temperature sensors; Sensitivity; microwave radiometer; real aperture; synthetic aperture;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2807-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2808-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4780112
  • Filename
    4780112