On convertibility from antenna to sensor brightness temperature for ATMS

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 771-775

  Weng, Fuzhong ^a   Yang, Hu ^b   Zou, Xiaolei ^c  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS); Antenna pattern; pitchover maneuver; Suomi National Polar orbiting Partnership (NPP)

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MICROWAVE SOUNDERS; ANTENNA SIDELOBES; ANTENNA TEMPERATURE; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; FAR-FIELD RADIATION; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; NEAR-FIELD; PITCHOVER MANEUVER; POLAR-ORBITING; SIDE LOBES; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SPACECRAFT RADIATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TOTAL POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; POLARIZATION; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84874647631     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2012.2223193     Document Type: Article

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