Application of millimeter-wave radiometry for remote chemical detection

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 700-709

  Gopalsami, Nachappa ^a,b   Bakhtiari, Sasan ^a,b   Elmer II, Thomas W ^a,b   Raptis, Apostolos C ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical detection; Millimeter waves; Radiometer; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GAS DETECTORS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; NITRIC OXIDE; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; PASSIVE MILLIMETE WAVE SYSTEMS; SPECTRAL LINE DETECTION;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 40549124036     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.916985     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. R. Wainner, M. Frish, and M. Allen, "Hydrocarbon gas sensing using 3.5 micron type II interband cascade lasers," Lasers Electro-Opt., vol. 1, pp. 1-2, 2004.
2. T. Tarami, G. W. Small, R. J. Combs, and R. T. Kroutil, "High-pass filters for spectral background suppression, in airborne passive Fourier transform infrared spectrometry," Anal. Chem. Acta, vol. 501, pp. 235-247, 2004.
3. N. Gopalsami and A. C Raptis, "Millimeter-wave radar sensing of air-borne chemicals," IEEE Trans. Microw. Theory Tech., vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 646-653, Apr. 2001.
4. N. Gopalsami, A. C. Raptis, and J. Meier, "Millimeter-wave cavity ringdown spectroscopy," Rev. Sci. Instmm., vol. 73, pp. 259-262, 2002.
5. F. T. Ulaby, R. K. Moore, and A. K. Fung, Microwave Remote Sensing: Active and Passive, Vol. I - Microwave Remote Sensing Fundamentals and Radiometry. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1981.
6. L. Yujiri, M. Shouri, and P. Moffa, "Passive millimeter-wave imaging," IEEE Micro., vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 39-50, Sep. 2003.
7. M. A. Janssen, Ed., Atmospheric Remote Sensing by Microwave Radiometry. New York: Wiley, 1993.
8. N. Gopalsami and A. C. Raptis, R. M. Smith, Ed., "Millimeter-wave imaging of thermal and chemical signatures," in Proc. SPIE Passive Millimeter-Wave Imag. Technol. III Conf., 1999, vol. 3703, pp. 130-138.
9. J. M. Payne, "Millimeter and submillimeter wavelength radioastronomy," Proc. IEEE, vol. 77, no. 7, pp. 999-1017, Jul. 1989.
10. J. B. Snyder, D. Solimini, Ed., "Observed and theoretical atmospheric emission at 20, 30, and 90 GHz: Recent results from land- and ocean-based locations," in Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment. Zeist, The Netherlands: VSP, 1995.
11. Y. Han and E. Westwater, "Remote sensing of tropospheric water vapor and cloud liquid water by integrated ground based sensors," J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., vol. 12, pp. 1050-1059, 1995.
12. N. Gopalsami, S. Bakhtiari, T. W. Elmer, and A. C. Raptis, "Remote detection of chemical plumes with passive millimeter waves," Proc. SPIE, vol. 6378, pp. A1-A12, 2006.
13. S. Bakhtiari, N. Gopalsami, T. W. Elmer, and A. C. Raptis, "A millimeter wave radiometer for terrestrial remote sensing of chemical plumes," in Proc. 3rd Int. Electromagn. Near-Field Imag. Characterization Conf., St. Louis, MO, Jun. 27-29, 2007, pp. 141-146.
14. R. L. Poynter and H. M. Pickett, Spectral Line Catalog. Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Lab., 1983, vol. 80-23.
15. C. H. Townes and A. L. Schawlow, Microwave Spectroscopy. New York: Dover, 1975.