Advanced millimeter-wave technology for the next generation passive meteorological low Earth orbit sounders

Author

Grant, Norman A.

Author_Institution

Astrium Ltd. UK, UK

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

503

Abstract

The Advanced Microwave Sounder (AMSU-B) was originally designed in the late 1970´s early 1980´s and whilst have proven highly successful, they however do not take advantage of significant advancements that have been made since the original design phase. This paper describes the recent concept investigation into a 21st Century state-of-the-art microwave sounder using the very latest Hybrid Receiver technologies.

Keywords

MIMIC; meteorological instruments; millimetre wave mixers; millimetre wave receivers; radiometers; surface mount technology; Advanced Microwave Sounder; advanced millimeter-wave technology; humidity sounding; hybrid receiver technologies; lightweight MMIC; meteorological low Earth orbit sounders; next generation passive sounder; passive microwave radiometers; subharmonic mixer; surface mount components; temperature sounding; Artificial intelligence; Cams; Humidity; Instruments; Low earth orbit satellites; MMICs; Meteorology; Microwave technology; Millimeter wave technology; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1244911

Filename

1244911