Title :
The principle and system design of a multi-channel atmospheric microwave sounder
Author :
Yu, Zhang ; Shengwei, Zhang ; Jieying, He ; Yingzhu, Huang ; Fenglin, Sun
Author_Institution :
Nat. Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
The ground-based atmospheric microwave sounder is introduced. It is a multi-channel passive radiometer operating at K-band and V-band. By receiving and analyzing the earth´s generated and reflected radiation at the two frequencies, the instrument will measured the vertical distribution of atmospheric temperature and humidity. The principle of microwave sounding is presented and the detailed system design of the multi-channel atmospheric microwave sounder is also described in the paper.
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric temperature; microwave measurement; radiometers; radiometry; Earth radiation; K-band; V-band; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric temperature; ground-based atmospheric microwave sounder; microwave sounding; multichannel atmospheric microwave sounder; multichannel passive radiometer; system design; Atmospheric measurements; Calibration; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Microwave theory and techniques; Sensitivity; Temperature measurement; calibration; microwave sounder; multi-channel; radiometer;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IITA-GRS), 2010 Second IITA International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Qingdao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8514-7
DOI :
10.1109/IITA-GRS.2010.5603279
