Assessing Calibration Stability Using the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) Noise Diodes

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4239-4247

  Draper, David W ^a   Newell, David A ^a   McKague, Darren S ^b   Piepmeier, Jeffrey R ^c  

^a BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; microwave radiometry; noise diodes

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ORBITS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TEMPERATURE; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CALIBRATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; INTERNAL CALIBRATION; MICROWAVE INSTRUMENTS; RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DRIFTS; TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR;

DIODES;

CALIBRATION; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NONLINEARITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84925047520     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2406661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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