Title :
The synthetic aperture method in the environment microwave interferometer radiometry
Author :
Kutuza, B.G. ; Zagorin, G.K.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Russian Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
The basic principles of space-borne two dimensional synthetic aperture microwave polarimetric interferometer function are considered. The main advantages of these systems over the well-known systems ESMR, SMMR and SSM/I are: a high rate of the observation scene image construction; the finite angular resolution; besides, they have no movable onboard construction elements on the spacecraft board, like the scanning antenna, and etc. The advantages of the synthetic aperture systems with hexagonally sampled interferometric radiometers are discussed.
Keywords :
antenna theory; microwave imaging; radiometry; radiowave interferometers; space vehicles; antenna configuration; finite angular resolution; microwave emission; microwave interferometer radiometry; radiometric sensitivity; scanning antenna; scene image construction; spacecraft board; spacecraft visibility function; synthetic aperture microwave polarimetric interferometer; Digital signal processing; Earth; Microwave devices; Microwave radiometry; Microwave theory and techniques; Radio interferometry; Radiometers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Antenna Theory and Techniques, 2003. 4th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7881-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICATT.2003.1239166
