Title :
Calibration and Validation of the NOAA-18 Microwave Radiometers
Author_Institution :
NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
Abstract :
The NOAA-18 satellite carries two microwave radiometers, the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A and the Microwave Humidity Sounder. After its launch in May 2005, a systematic post-launch calibration and validation of the instrumental performances were conducted with on-orbit data. A brief report of the initial assessment of the two instruments´ performances is presented
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; calibration; radiometers; remote sensing; AMSU-A; Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A; MHS; Microwave Humidity Sounder; NOAA-18 microwave radiometer calibration; NOAA-18 microwave radiometer validation; NOAA-18 satellite; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Contamination; Electromagnetic heating; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Moon; Radiometers; Rain;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE MicroRad, 2006
Conference_Location :
SanJuan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9417-8
DOI :
10.1109/MICRAD.2006.1677056
