Fully polarimetric measurements of brightness temperature distributions with a quasioptical radiometer system at 90 GHz

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4719, Issue , 2002, Pages 382-390

  Suess, Helmut ^a   Soellner, Matthias ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HEAT RADIATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VECTORS;

BOLTZMANN CONSTANT; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; QUASIOPTICAL RADIOMETER SYSTEM; STOKES VECTOR;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0036911580     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.477462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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