Comparison of measured galactic background radiation at L-band with model

Radiation from the celestial sky in the spectral window at 1.413 GHz is strong and an accurate accounting of this background radiation is needed for calibration and retrieval algorithms. Modern radio astronomy measurements in this window have been converted into a brightness temperature map of the celestial sky at L-band suitable for such applications. This work presents a comparison of the background predicted by this map with the measurements of several modern L-band remote sensing radiometers.