93 GHz airborne imaging radiometer

Author

Kemppinen, Martti ; Pallonen, Jorma ; Hallikainen, Martti

Author_Institution

Lab. of Space Technol., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

2243

Abstract

A 93 GHz conically scanning imaging radiometer is under construction at HUT. The system consists of a sensor unit to be mounted under a Bell Jetranger helicopter and a control electronics unit to be strapped on the helicopter´s back seat. The new features of the compact instrument are the ability to follow any conical scan path, the airborne liquid nitrogen cooled cold calibration as well as the flat panel color display featuring a real-time false colour image and video image window

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; millimetre wave devices; millimetre wave measurement; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing; 93 GHz; Bell Jetranger helicopter; EHF radiometry; airborne imaging radiometer; airborne instrument; conical scan path; conically scanning imaging radiometer; control electronics; cooled cold calibration; flat panel color display; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; millimetric radiometry; mm wave; radiometer equipment; remote sensing; terrain mapping; Control systems; Ethernet networks; Frequency; Helicopters; Instruments; Laboratories; Microcomputers; Microwave radiometry; Polarization; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399704

Filename

399704