Design and development of a multibeam 1.4 GHz pushbroom microwave radiometer
- Author:
- Harrington, R. F.
- Published:
- Sep 1, 1986.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Wells, J. G., Stanley, W. D., Hearn, C. P., Lawrence, R. W., and Bailey, M. C.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
- Restrictions on Access:
- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- The design and operation of a multiple beam, digital signal processing radiometer are discussed. The discussion includes a brief description of each major subsystem and an overall explanation of the hardware requirements and operation. A series of flight tests was conducted in which sea-truth sites, as well as an existing radiometer were used to verify the Pushbroom Radiometer performance. The results of these tests indicate that the Pushbroom Radiometer did meet the sensitivity design goal of 1.0 kelvin, and exceeded the accuracy requirement of 2.0 kelvin. Additional performance characteristics and test results are also presented.
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19870001672., Accession ID: 87N11105., NAS 1.15:89005., and NASA-TM-89005.
- Terms of Use and Reproduction:
- No Copyright.
- Access Online:
- hdl.handle.net
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