Title :
Earth sensing with large aperture radiometers
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Three microwave radiometer instruments built by JPL for NASA for remote sensing of the Earth´s atmosphere and surface are described. The three instruments are the Microwave Sounder Unit, the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer, and the Microwave Limb Sounder.<>
Keywords :
microwave detectors; radiometers; remote sensing; JPL; MLS; Microwave Limb Sounder; Microwave Sounder Unit; NASA; Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer; large aperture radiometers; microwave radiometer instruments; remote sensing; Apertures; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Earth; Instruments; Ocean temperature; Radiometers; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1991., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-591-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1991.147013
