Title :
Precise estimation of passive environmental microwave brightness temperatures in the presence of weak digital interfering signals
Author :
McIntyre, E.M. ; Gasiewski, Albin J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Passive microwave remote sensing of naturally occurring thermal emissions is used to measure a wide variety of environmental parameters. For example, the ability to accurately estimate the power in such emissions directly impacts the reliability and precision of weather forecasts and data for environmental management. A leading contributor to the disability to accurately measure radiometric power for environmental applications is contamination of the signal by anthropogenic radio frequency interference.
Keywords :
brightness; microwave measurement; power measurement; radiofrequency interference; radiometry; remote sensing; weather forecasting; anthropogenic radio frequency interference; environmental management; environmental parameter estimation; passive microwave remote sensing; power estimation; precise passive environmental microwave brightness temperature estimation; radiometric power measurement; thermal emissions; weak digital interfering signal presence; weather forecast precision; weather forecast reliability; Microwave measurement; Microwave radiometry; Modulation; Pollution measurement; Signal to noise ratio; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI NRSM), 2013 US National Committee of URSI National
Conference_Location :
Boulder, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4776-1
DOI :
10.1109/USNC-URSI-NRSM.2013.6524990
