Title :
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
fDate :
3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
