FPASMR: An LX-band Full Polarization Aperture Synthesis Microwave Radiometer

Author

Yinan Li ; Hao Li ; Rongchuan Lv ; Bing Li ; Yanming Li ; Shangyu Shen ; Dizhu Wang

Author_Institution

Xian Inst. of Space Radio Technol., Xian, China

fYear

2013

fDate

21-26 July 2013

Firstpage

1920

Lastpage

1923

Abstract

LX-band Full Polarization Aperture Synthesis Microwave Radiometer (FPASMR) is a 2-D aperture synthesis radiometer working at L and X-band with full polarization measurement for obtaining high precise measurement of sea salinity and soil moisture. FPASMR consists of dual Y-shaped arrays containing 23 L-band antennas per arm plus one in the center in L-band array and the same numbers of X-band antennas in X-band array. Some early demonstration results of antenna, optical module and calibration are also present.

Keywords

antenna arrays; calibration; hydrological equipment; moisture; oceanographic equipment; radiometers; salinity (geophysical); soil; 2D aperture synthesis radiometer; FPASMR; L-band antenna array; LX-band Full Polarization Aperture Synthesis Microwave Radiometer; X-band antenna array; calibration; dual Y-shaped arrays; full polarization measurement; optical module; sea salinity; soil moisture; Antenna arrays; Calibration; L-band; Microwave radiometry; Optical attenuators; Optical receivers; aperture synthesis microwave radiometer; full polarization; sea salinity; soil moisture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1114-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723180

Filename

6723180