Geolocation and pointing accuracy analysis for the windSat sensor

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 496-504

  Purdy, William E ^a,b,f   Gaiser, Peter W ^a,c,g   Poe, Gene A ^a,c,h,i   Uliana, Enzo A ^a,d   Meissner, Thomas ^a,e   Wentz, Frank J ^{a,b,e,j,k,l,m,n,o}  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Purdy Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INTERFEROMETRICS INC   (United States)

^e REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

^f Purdy Engineering   (United States)

^g WindSat Spaceborne Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer Demonstration Project   (United States)

^h WindSat Spaceborne Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer Demonstration Project ^*

ⁱ AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^j NASA Earth Observation System Investigators Working Group

^k NASA Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Team

^l NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^m NASA Tropical Rainfall Mission Team

ⁿ NASA Pathfinder Activity

^o AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Ction; Plarimetry; Rdiometry.

Indexed keywords

GEOLOCATION ERRORS; MATCHUP ANALYSIS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GEOLOGY; POLARIMETERS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOMETRY;

SENSORS;

EID: 31144454166     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.858415     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. P. W. Gaiser et al., "The WindSat spacebome polarimetric microwave radiometer: Sensor description and early orbit performance," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 2347-2361, Nov. 2004.
2. G. A. Poe and R. W. Conway, "A study of the geolocation errors of the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I)," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 791-799, Sep. 1990.
3. DMA, "Military specification: Digital landmass blanking (DLMB) data program," Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, DC, MIL-D-89021, Jun. 15, 1991.
4. W. L. Lippincott, T. A. Gutwein, H. E. Bartlett, M. Smythers, P. W. Gaiser, and W. E. Purdy, "Antenna design, modeling and testing on the WindSat wind direction measurement system," Nav. Res. Lab., Washington, DC, Tech. Memo. Rep., Mar. 2002.
5. G. A. Poe, E. A. Uliana, B. Gardiner, and T. von Rentzell, "Conical Microwave Imaging/Sounding: Geo-location error analysis," NPOESS Integrated Program Off., Washington, DC, NPOESS Int. Gov. Study, 2003.
6. T. Meissner and F. Wentz, "Polarization rotation and the third Stokes parameter: The effects of spacecraft attitude and Faraday rotation," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 506-515, Mar. 2006.
7. F. Wentz and T. Meissner, "AMSR ocean algorithm (Version 2) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)," Remote Sens. Syst., Santa Rosa, CA, 2000.
8. P. W. Gaiser, "WindSat TDR version 146AFBBDA," Nav. Res. Lab., Washington, DC, Data and Format Description, Dec. 2003.