In-orbit verifacation of HY-2 radiometer

Author

Yanming Li ; Zhou Wu ; Yinan Li ; Rui Yu ; Min Jiang ; Chunyan Xia ; Wenxin Chen

Author_Institution

Xi´an Inst. of Space Radio Technol.Xi´an, Chinese Acad. of Space Technol., Xi´an, China

fYear

2013

fDate

21-26 July 2013

Firstpage

1940

Lastpage

1943

Abstract

The Conical Scan Microwave radiometer (CSMR) of the HY-2 satellite is a rotating microwave imager. It covers frequency band from 6.6GHz to 37GHz, which receives the earth radiation by two feed horns, and provides the capability of observing the sea surface temperature, the wind speed, the water vapour and the liquid water etc. It was launched at 16 august 2010. This paper provides an overview of the the instrument´s characteristic and the inter-satellite calibration results are also presented.

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; calibration; microwave measurement; ocean temperature; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; wind; CSMR; Conical Scan Microwave radiometer; Earth radiation; HY-2 radiometer; HY-2 satellite; feed horns; frequency 6.6 GHz to 37 GHz; in-orbit verification; instrument characteristic; intersatellite calibration results; liquid water; rotating microwave imager; sea surface temperature observation; water vapour; wind speed; Calibration; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Receivers; Satellite broadcasting; Satellites; Temperature measurement; CSMR imager instrument characteristics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1114-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723186

Filename

6723186