Brightness temperature validation for SeaWinds radiometer using Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on ADEOS-II

Author

Hanna, Rafik ; Jones, W. Linwood

Author_Institution

Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

4419

Lastpage

4421

Abstract

After the launch of NASA´s SeaWinds scatterometer in 1999, a radiometer function was implemented in the Science Ground Data Processing Systems to allow the measurement of the Earth´s microwave brightness temperature. This paper presents the validation of the SeaWinds radiometer (SRad) ocean brightness temperatures using the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) as a brightness temperature standard. Results are presented which compare collocated and simultaneously measured ocean brightness temperatures while operating on Japan´s ADEOS-II satellite.

Keywords

atmospheric radiation; ocean temperature; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; ADEOS-II; AMSR; Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer; Earth microwave brightness temperature; Science Ground Data Processing Systems; SeaWinds radiometer; brightness temperature validation; ocean brightness temperatures; Brightness temperature; Data processing; Geoscience; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Oceans; Radar measurements; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Temperature measurement;

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.2007.4423834

Filename

4423834