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Radiometer Testbed Development for SWOTConventional altimeters include nadir looking colocated 18-37 GHz microwave radiometer to measure wet tropospheric path delay. These have reduced accuracy in coastal zone (within ~50 km from land) and do not provide wet path delay over land. The addition of high frequency channels to Jason-class radiometer will improve retrievals in coastal regions and enable retrievals over land. High-frequency window channels, 90, 130 and 166 GHz are optimum for improving performance in coastal region and channels on 183 GHz water vapor line are ideal for over-land retrievals.
Document ID
20100031300
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Kangaslahti, Pekka
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Brown, Shannon
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Gaier, Todd
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Dawson, Douglas
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Harding, Dennis
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Fu, Lee-Lueng
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Esteban-Fernandez, Daniel
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
June 22, 2010
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: Earth Science Technology Forum-10
Location: Arlington, VA
Country: United States
Start Date: June 22, 2010
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
internally calibrated radiometer
monolithic millimeter wave integrated low noise amplifier
microwave radiometry
humidity measurement

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