K-band radiometer designed for academic purposes: Intercomparison of performances as total power, dicke or noise injection radiometers

Author

Tarongí, J.M. ; Camps, A. ; Pulido, J.A.

Author_Institution

Univ. Polytech. de Catalunya, Barcelona

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

2927

Lastpage

2930

Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of a K-Band radiometer capable to operate as a Total Power Radiometer (TPR), a Dicke Radiometer (DR), and a Noise Injection Radiometer (NIR). This radiometer has been developed for academic purposes in a remote sensing course that is taught at UPC. The objectives include the illustration of the different components of a radiometer and their task in the performance of the overall system. It also can be used to explain the different performances of the TPR DR and NIR.

Keywords

educational courses; geophysical equipment; radiometers; remote sensing; DR; Dicke Radiometer; K-Band radiometer; NIR; Noise Injection Radiometer; Remote Sensing course; TPR; Total Power Radiometer; UPC; academic purposes; Antenna measurements; Directive antennas; K-band; Loaded antennas; Noise measurement; Ocean temperature; Radiometry; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Transducers; K-Band; radiometry; sensitivity; stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423457

Filename

4423457