Design and performance of a spinning flat reflector for millimeter-wave radiometry

Author

Jacobson, Mark D. ; Nunnelee, William M.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Environ. Technol., NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

35

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

464

Lastpage

466

Abstract

Two collocated millimeter-wave radiometers were operated at the Platteville, Colorado, site from January through March 1994. These radiometers are identical, with the exception that one radiometer uses a spinning flat reflector, white the other one uses a fixed flat reflector. The spinning reflector was designed to shed precipitation particles, thus improving the radiometer´s performance during precipitating conditions

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; meteorological instruments; microwave measurement; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave measurement; radiometers; radiometry; reflector antennas; 20.6 GHz; 31.65 GHz; EHF; SHF; atmosphere; cloud; design; equipment; ground based apparatus; instrument; measurement; meteorology; microwave radiometry; millimeter-wave radiometry; millimetre radiometry; mm wave; performance; radiometer; rain guard; remote sensing; spinning flat reflector; spinning reflector; storm; technique; troposphere; Brightness temperature; Jacobian matrices; Microwave radiometry; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Radiometers; Sea measurements; Spinning; Storms; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.563285

Filename

563285