NASA NTRS · 19800057898
The Seasat scanning multichannel microwave radiometer /SMMR/ - Radiometric calibration algorithm development and performance
Abstract
Radiometric calibration algorithms for processing Seasat scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR) flight data are presented. An equation is derived which accounts for losses and reradiation in the microwave components and nonlinearities in the radiometer. The application of pre-launch calibration data to this derivation is described. A performance evaluation of the post-launch operation of the algorithm is presented, indicating temperature resolution of 0.63 K at 6.6 GHz and 1.39 K at 37 GHz.
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Swanson, P. N., Riley, A. L.. 1980-04-01. The Seasat scanning multichannel microwave radiometer /SMMR/ - Radiometric calibration algorithm development and performance. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19800057898
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