Title :
The airborne Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (CoSMIR)
Author :
Piepmeier, J.R. ; Racette, P. ; Manning, W. ; Wang, J.R.
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
Results of the first science flight of the airborne Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (CoSMIR) for high-altitude observations from the NASA ER-2 is discussed. Imagery collected from the flight demonstrates CoSMIR´s unique conical/cross-track imaging mode and provides comparison of CoSMIR measurements to those of the SSM/T-2 satellite radiometer.
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; millimetre wave detectors; radiometers; remote sensing; 150.0 GHz; 183.31 GHz; 50.3 GHz; 52.8 GHz; 53.6 GHz; 91.655 GHz; CoSMIR; NASA ER-2; SSM/T-2 satellite radiometer comparison; airborne Conical Scanning Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer; atmospheric studies; conical/cross-track imaging mode; first science flight; high-altitude observations; satellite calibration; validation; Atmospheric measurements; Brightness temperature; Meteorology; Microwave radiometry; Microwave sensors; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; NASA; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025685
