Effects of resonances in corrugated horn antennas for a 22-GHz balancing radiometer

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-7

  DeWachter, Evelyn ^a   Murk, Axel ^a   Straub, Corinne ^a   Haefele, Alexander ^a   Ka, Soohyun ^b   Oh, Jung Jin ^b   Kämpfer, Niklaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antenna pattern measurements; Microwave remote sensing; Middle atmosphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA GROUNDS; ANTENNAS; HORN ANTENNAS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VAPORS; WATER VAPOR;

ANTENNA PATTERN MEASUREMENTS; ANTENNA PATTERNS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CORRUGATED HORN ANTENNAS; CORRUGATED HORNS; FREQUENCY SPECTRUMS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OPERATION SCHEMES; VARIATIONS OF; WATER VAPOR MEASUREMENTS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 58149483742     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2008.2005851     Document Type: Article

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