Design and performance of a high-stability water vapor radiometer

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Tanner, Alan B ^a   Riley, A Lance ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometer; Radiometer design; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; PLANETS; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPACECRAFT; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WAVEGUIDE ATTENUATORS;

FLUID PLANETS; GRAVITY-WAVE SEARCH EXPERIMENT; HIGH-STABILITY MICROWAVE WATER VAPOR RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PLANETOLOGY; RADIO SCIENCE; STRUCTURE FUNCTION ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERIC PATH DELAY FLUCTUATIONS; WATER VAPOR;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 0042885741     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002673     Document Type: Article

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