Evaluation of MIRAS space borne instrument performance: Snap shot radiometric accuracy and its improvement by means of pixel averaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3221, Issue , 1997, Pages 43-52

  Camps, A ^a   Torres, F ^a   Bara J ^a   Corbella, I ^a   Pino, M ^a   Martin Neira M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ESTEC   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brightness temperature; Calibration; Errors; Imaging; Interferometry; Inversion; Radiometric accuracy; Radiometry; Simulator

Indexed keywords

APERTURE SYNTHESIS INTERFEROMETRIC RADIOMETERS; ARRAY STRUCTURES; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE IMAGES; DIMENSIONAL SPACES; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCIES; FEASIBLE SOLUTIONS; GLOBAL PERFORMANCES; IMAGING; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCES; INVERSION; INVERSION METHODS; LOW FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVE IMAGING RADIOMETER BY APERTURE SYNTHESES; PASSIVE MONITORING; POLAR ORBITS; RADIOMETRIC ACCURACY; SPACE AGENCIES; SPACE BORNE; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SYSTEM ERRORS; SYSTEM PARAMETERS; TOTAL POWER RADIOMETERS;

ANTENNAS; CALIBRATION; ERRORS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PIXELS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; SIMULATORS; TEMPERATURE;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 20444380860     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.298104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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