The antenna system for the Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR)

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 21-30

  Sharma, Shashi Bhushan ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Corrugated horn antennas; Microwave radiometry; Mode matching methods; Multifrequency antennas; Offset reflector antennas; Remote sensing; Satellite antennas

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); HORN ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TRANSDUCERS;

MODE MATCHING METHODS; MULTIFREQUENCY SCANNING MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS (MSMR); OFFSET REFLECTOR ANTENNAS;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0034206864     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/74.848945     Document Type: Article

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