• DocumentCode
    734812
  • Title

    Design of a push-broom multi-beam radiometer for future ocean observations

  • Author

    Cappellin, C. ; Pontoppidan, K. ; Nielsen, P.H. ; Skou, N. ; Sobjaerg, S.S. ; Ihle, A. ; Ivashina, M. ; Iupikov, O. ; v.´t Klooster, K.

  • Author_Institution
    TICRA, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    13-17 April 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    The design of a push-broom multi-beam radiometer for future ocean observations is described. The radiometer provides a sensitivity one order of magnitude higher than a traditional conical scanning radiometer, and has the big advantage of being fully stationary relative to the satellite platform. Thanks to a dense focal plane array and a dedicated optimization procedure, the instrument can accurately measure in C, X and Ku band and as close as 15 km to the coast line.
  • Keywords
    Arrays; Feeds; Microwave radiometry; Receivers; Sensitivity; dense focal plane array; deployable reflector; power; radiometer; reflector;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Lisbon, Portugal
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7228644