Development of ground equipment for atmospheric propagation assessment from 10 up to 90 GHz

Author

Crewell, Susanne ; Löhnert, Ulrich ; Nörenberg, Dorle ; Rose, Thomas ; Martellucci, Antonio

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Geophysik und Meteorol. (IGMK), Univ. zu Koln, Cologne

fYear

2009

fDate

23-27 March 2009

Firstpage

2002

Lastpage

2006

Abstract

The ldquoatmospheric propagation and profiling systemrdquo (ATPROP) advanced ground-based microwave radiometer, for radiowave propagation assessment at Ku, Ka, Q/V and W bands has been developed. The design of ATPROP is based on the requirements of SatCom, SatNav systems and Space Science Missions. ATPROP consists of two independent subsystems, operating at Ka band, near the 60 GHz oxygen absorption band and at 15/90 GHz. ATPROP has a full non-GEO satellite tracking capability and uses switched Dicke references to improve stability. Its performance allows to accurately derive atmospheric attenuation, sky noise, wet delay, and cloud, vapor and air temperature profiles.

Keywords

atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; radiometers; radiowave propagation; satellite tracking; SatCom; SatNav systems; Space Science Missions; air temperature; atmospheric attenuation; atmospheric propagation assessment; frequency 10 GHz to 90 GHz; ground equipment; ground-based microwave radiometer; nonGEO satellite tracking capability; oxygen absorption band; radiowave propagation assessment; sky noise; switched Dicke references; wet delay; Attenuation; Delay; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Microwave devices; Microwave propagation; Microwave radiometry; Radiowave propagation; Satellite broadcasting; Space missions; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4753-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-00-024573-2

Type

conf

Filename

5068010