Title :
Conceptual design and breadboarding activities of Geostationary Interferometric Microwave Sounder (GIMS)
Author :
Liu, Hao ; Wu, Ji ; Zhang, Shengwei ; Yan, Jingye ; Zhang, Cheng ; Sun, Weiying ; Niu, Lijie
Author_Institution :
Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors will report some basic considerations on the synthetic aperture imaging radiometer for mm-wave sounding from GEO, especially for the China´s next generation geostationary meteorological satellite (FY-4M).
Keywords :
acoustic waves; atmospheric measuring apparatus; interferometers; radiometers; FY-4M; Geostationary Interferometric Microwave Sounder; breadboarding activities; conceptual design; geostationary earth orbit; geostationary meteorological satellite; geostationary sounder; interferometric radiometer; mm-wave sounding; synthetic aperture imaging radiometer; Antenna arrays; Aperture antennas; Atmosphere; Instruments; Meteorology; Microwave radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Spatial resolution; System performance; Temperature; GIMS; Geostationary sounder; interferometric radiometer; synthetic aperture radiometer;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417956
