Title :
Calibration and validation activities of the Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer - APMIR
Author :
Bobak, Justin P. ; Dowgiallo, David J. ; McGlothlin, Norman R. ; VonRentzell, Troy E.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer (APMIR) was designed and built by the Naval Research Laboratory as a tool for calibration and validation (cal/val) of the Coriolis WindSat and Defense Meteorological Satellite Program SSMIS satellite radiometer sensors. During March and April of 2004, APMIR underflew both WindSat and SSMIS a number of times as part of the respective cal/val campaigns. A subset of the results is presented here.
Keywords :
calibration; microwave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; AD 2004 03; AD 2004 04; APMIR; Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer; Coriolis WindSat; Defense Meteorological Satellite Program; Naval Research Laboratory; SSMIS satellite radiometer sensors; cal/val campaigns; calibration; validation; Calibration; Frequency estimation; Laboratories; Meteorology; Microwave imaging; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370404
