Absolute in flight calibration of airborne multichannel mm-wave imaging radiometer

Author

Cherny, I.V. ; Pankin, A.A. ; Pantzov, S. Yu

Author_Institution

Center for Program Studies, Russian Space Agency, Moscow, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

360

Abstract

In microwave radiometry, hot and cold black body targets of known brightness temperature are used to calibrate microwave radiometer. This paper discusses the procedure of absolute in-flight calibration of airborne multichannel mm-wave radiometer, based on measuring of two scenes known (calculated) brightness temperature-radiohorizon and cold sky, during aircraft bank over a water surface

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; calibration; millimetre wave devices; millimetre wave imaging; millimetre wave measurement; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing; 22 to 96 GHz; EHF; absolute calibration; airborne millimetric radiometry; atmosphere; in flight calibration; measurement technique; meteorological radiometry; meteorology; multichannel mm-wave imaging radiometer; ocean; radiometric remote sensing; sea surface; Aircraft; Atmosphere; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Earth; Instruments; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Radiometry; Sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516340

Filename

516340