Features of ground-based calibration of the on-board radiometric systems with large antennas

Authors

  • V. A. Komyak Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • S. A. Shilo Usikov Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
  • A. S. Levada Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • S. Ye. Yatskevitch Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3103/S07352727199912002X

Abstract

The impact of antenna parameters of a microwave radiometric system on the accuracy of measurements of radio-brightness temperature in the Earth sounding from the outer space is considered. A method of calibration of microwave radiometric systems is suggested making it possible to estimate the applicability of various types of antennas for radiometric measurements, and to perform the pre-flight radiometric calibration of systems with highly directed antennas.

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Published

1999-12-02

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 12 (1999): Satellite technologies of data transmission

Section

Research Articles