• DocumentCode
    522183
  • Title

    Advanced antenna of microwave imager/sounder for spacecraft "Meteor-M"

  • Author

    Cherny, I.V. ; Chernyavsky, G.M. ; Gorobets, N.N.

  • Author_Institution
    Sci. & Technol. Center for Space Monitoring of Earth, Russian Inst. of Space Device Eng., Moscow, Russia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    12-16 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The following paper describes the microwave imager/sounder MTVZA-GY for spacecraft "Meteor-M". The spacecraft has been launched On September 17, 2009. MTVZA-GY instrument will be used as the meteorological imaging/sounding system for remote sensing of ocean and land surface, as well as, for measuring global atmospheric temperature and water vapor profiles.
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; meteorological instruments; microwave antennas; microwave imaging; remote sensing; MTVZA-GY instrument; Meteor-M spacecraft; antenna; global atmospheric temperature measurement; land surface remote sensing; meteorological imaging/sounding system; microwave imager/sounder; ocean remote sensing; water vapor profiles; Acoustic imaging; Instruments; Land surface; Meteorology; Microwave antennas; Microwave imaging; Ocean temperature; Remote sensing; Sea surface; Space vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6431-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-84-7653-472-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5505351