• DocumentCode
    1900226
  • Title

    Characteristics and performances of the AltiKa radiometer of SARAL mission

  • Author

    Taveneau, Nicolas ; Robert, Frédèric ; Richard, Jacques ; Steunou, Nathalie ; Sengenès, Pierre

  • Author_Institution
    Thales Alenia Space France, Toulouse, France
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    24-29 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    3979
  • Lastpage
    3982
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the design and the measured performances of the AltiKa radiometer Flight Model for SARAL (CNES and ISRO) mission: radiometric sensitivity, absolute accuracy after on ground calibration, and auto-compatibility tests with the altimeter function are described.
  • Keywords
    calibration; radioaltimeters; radiometers; AltiKa radiometer Flight Model; SARAL mission; altimeter function; autocompatibility tests; ground calibration; radiometric sensitivity; Accuracy; Calibration; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Sensitivity; Tuning; AltiKa; absolute accuracy; auto-compatibility; calibration; radiometer; sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1003-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6050103
  • Filename
    6050103
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1900226