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Three averaging techniques for reduction of antenna temperature variance measured by a dicke mode, c-band radiometer
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Mackenzie, Anne I. Lawrence, Roland W. |
| Copyright Year | 2000 |
| Description | As new radiometer technologies provide the possibility of greatly improved spatial resolution, their performance must also be evaluated in terms of expected sensitivity and absolute accuracy. As aperture size increases, the sensitivity of a Dicke mode radiometer can be maintained or improved by application of any or all of three digital averaging techniques: antenna data averaging with a greater than 50% antenna duty cycle, reference data averaging, and gain averaging. An experimental, noise-injection, benchtop radiometer at C-band showed a 68.5% reduction in Delta-T after all three averaging methods had been applied simultaneously. For any one antenna integration time, the optimum 34.8% reduction in Delta-T was realized by using an 83.3% antenna/reference duty cycle. |
| File Size | 2451119 |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2000-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Microwave Antennas Microwave Radiometers Sensitivity Antenna Gain Stability Calibrating C Band Average Noise Temperature Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Dicke Radiometers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
