• DocumentCode
    899125
  • Title

    Considerations about antenna pattern measurements of 2-D aperture synthesis radiometers

  • Author

    Camps, Adriano ; Skou, Niels ; Torres, Francesc ; Corbella, Ignasi ; Duffo, Nuria ; Vall-llossera, Mercé

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    259
  • Lastpage
    261
  • Abstract
    Accurate measurement of the antenna voltage patterns of large-aperture synthesis radiometers is critical in order to achieve good radiometric accuracy, and a very time consuming and expensive task. Measurement requirements and a tradeoff study relating radiometric accuracy degradation and number of elements to be measured are presented.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; microwave imaging; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; 2D aperture synthesis radiometers; antenna pattern measurements; antenna voltage patterns; radio interferometry; radiometric accuracy; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Brightness temperature; Degradation; Microwave radiometry; Radiometers; Sea measurements; Senior members; Time measurement; Voltage; Antenna pattern; interferometry; measurements; radiometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1545-598X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LGRS.2006.870336
  • Filename
    1621091