A calibration experiment using the millimeter-wave imaging radiometer at the UK Meteorological Office calibration facility

Author

Racette, P. ; Wang, J. ; Evans, P. ; Saunders, R. ; Gasiewski, A. ; Jackson, D.

Author_Institution

Microwave Sensors Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

809

Abstract

The NASA Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (MIR) was recently calibrated at the United Kingdom Meteorological Office radiometer calibration facility. Calibration data acquired at multiple reference temperatures were used to calculate correction factors that compensate for antenna beam efficiencies. These factors were then applied to another data set. Results demonstrate improved instrument calibration

Keywords

calibration; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; millimetre wave devices; millimetre wave imaging; millimetre wave measurement; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing; EHF; MIR; NASA Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer; UK Meteorological Office calibration facility; antenna beam efficiencies; calibration experiment; correction factor; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; microwave imaging; millimeter-wave imaging radiometer; millimetric radiometry; mm wave; multiple reference temperature; terrain mapping; Calibration; Earth; Instruments; Meteorology; Microwave radiometry; Microwave sensors; Millimeter wave technology; NASA; Space technology; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520591

Filename

520591