Analysis of anechoic chamber testing of the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer

Author

Fenigstein, David ; Ruf, Chris ; James, Mark ; Simmons, David ; Miller, Timothy ; Buckley, Courtney

Author_Institution

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

550

Lastpage

553

Abstract

The Hurricane Imaging Radiometer System (HIRAD) is a new airborne passive microwave remote sensor developed to observe hurricanes. HIRAD incorporates synthetic thinned array radiometry technology, which use Fourier synthesis to reconstruct images from an array of correlated antenna elements. The HIRAD system response to a point emitter has been measured in an anechoic chamber. With this data, a Fourier inversion image reconstruction algorithm has been developed. Performance analysis of the apparatus is presented, along with an overview of the image reconstruction algorithm.

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; image reconstruction; microwave imaging; microwave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; storms; Fourier inversion image reconstruction algorithm; Fourier synthesis; HIRAD system; Hurricane Imaging Radiometer System; airborne passive microwave remote sensor; anechoic chamber testing; correlated antenna elements; point emitter; synthetic thinned array radiometry technology; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Arrays; Image reconstruction; Interference; Microwave radiometry; image reconstruction; microwave radiometer; synthetic aperture radiometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5651985

Filename

5651985