K-Band Radio frequency Interference Survey of Southeastern Michigan

Author

Curry, Shannon ; Ahlers, Michael ; Elliot, Harvey ; Gross, Steve ; McKague, Darren ; Misra, Sidarth ; Puckett, John ; Ruf, Chris

Author_Institution

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

2486

Lastpage

2489

Abstract

The Radio frequency Interference Survey of Earth (RISE) is a new type of instrument used to survey and characterize the presence of Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) that can affect microwave radiometers. It consists of a combined microwave radiometer and kurtosis spectrometer with broad frequency coverage and high temporal and spectral resolution. A K-Band airborne version has been built and flown across southeast Michigan. A kurtosis detector is included in RISE to reliably detect the presence of RFI, even at very low levels, and to aid in its characterization. A radiometer is included to measure the impact of the RFI on observed brightness temperature.

Keywords

atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; atmospheric techniques; microwave measurement; radiofrequency interference; radiometry; remote sensing; K-band airborne version; K-band radio frequency interference survey; RISE instrument; Radio frequency Interference Survey of Earth; USA; brightness temperature; kurtosis detector; kurtosis spectrometer; microwave radiometer; southeastern Michigan; spectral resolution; temporal resolution; Calibration; K-band; Loaded antennas; Microwave radiometry; Radiofrequency interference; Radiometers; Remote sensing; microwave radiometer; radio frequency interference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649435

Filename

5649435