Title :
Absolute in flight calibration of airborne multichannel mm-wave imaging radiometer
Author :
Cherny, I.V. ; Pankin, A.A. ; Pantzov, S. Yu
Author_Institution :
Center for Program Studies, Russian Space Agency, Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
In microwave radiometry, hot and cold black body targets of known brightness temperature are used to calibrate microwave radiometer. This paper discusses the procedure of absolute in-flight calibration of airborne multichannel mm-wave radiometer, based on measuring of two scenes known (calculated) brightness temperature-radiohorizon and cold sky, during aircraft bank over a water surface
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; calibration; millimetre wave devices; millimetre wave imaging; millimetre wave measurement; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing; 22 to 96 GHz; EHF; absolute calibration; airborne millimetric radiometry; atmosphere; in flight calibration; measurement technique; meteorological radiometry; meteorology; multichannel mm-wave imaging radiometer; ocean; radiometric remote sensing; sea surface; Aircraft; Atmosphere; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Earth; Instruments; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Radiometry; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International
Conference_Location :
Lincoln, NE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3068-4
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516340
