Prelaunch calibration of the advanced microwave sounding unit-A for NOAA-K

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1460-1469

  Mo, Tsan ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; DETECTORS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; THERMAL EFFECTS; VACUUM TECHNOLOGY;

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SOUNDING UNIT; IMPERFECT SQUARE LAW DETECTOR; LOW LEVEL COHERENT RADIATION LEAKAGE; PRELAUNCH CALIBRATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL VACUUM CHAMBER CALIBRATION;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0030212574     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.536029     Document Type: Article

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