• DocumentCode
    3550722
  • Title

    Earth sensing with large aperture radiometers

  • Author

    Wilson, W.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    10-14 July 1991
  • Firstpage
    383
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 1991., IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-87942-591-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.1991.147013
  • Filename
    147013