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21 November 1995 Water vapor radiometer for the U.S. Navy GEOSAT follow-on mission
Robert S. Roeder, Matthew C. Smith
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Abstract
The GEOSAT follow-on (GFO) WVR provides correction factors to the GFO altimeter range measurements for path delays due to water vapor. Radiometric 'brightness temperatures' of 22.2 and 37.0 GHz are measured with a shared antenna that has pattern footprints that overlap the altimeter footprint. The antenna is a 1.1 m diameter off-set parabolic reflector with a corrugated tri-band feed. Main beam efficiency is 94% and near beam (plus or minus 10 degrees) efficiency is 97%. This total power radiometer system has fully redundant electronics, weighs 12.7 kg and consumes 18 watts. Channel sensitivities are less than 0.18 degrees Kelvin for a 1 sec sample period.
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Robert S. Roeder and Matthew C. Smith "Water vapor radiometer for the U.S. Navy GEOSAT follow-on mission", Proc. SPIE 2584, Synthetic Aperture Radar and Passive Microwave Sensing, (21 November 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.227155
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KEYWORDS
Antennas

Radiometry

Calibration

Temperature metrology

Electronics

Algorithm development

Receivers

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