The use of the Allan deviation for the measurement of the noise and drift performance of microwave radiometers

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1917-1928

  Land, D V ^a   Levick, A P ^b   Hand, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allan deviation; Microwave radiometry; Noise signal analysis

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIOMETERS;

ALLAN DEVIATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; NOISE SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADIOMETERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 34250756445     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/7/018     Document Type: Article

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