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Microwave radiometric aircraft observations of the Fabry-Perot interference fringes of an ice-water systemAirborne stepped-frequency microwave radiometer (SFMR) observations of the Fabry-Perot interference fringes of ice-water systems are discussed. The microwave emissivity at normal incidence of a smooth layered dielectric medium over a semi-infinite dielectric medium is examined for the case of ice over water as a function of ice thickness and attenuation coefficient, and the presence of quarter-wavelength oscillations in emissivity as the ice thickness and frequency are varied is pointed out. Experimental observations of pronounced quarter-wavelength oscillations in radiometric brightness temperature due to the Fabry-Perot interference fringes over smooth sea ice and lake ice varying in roughness as the radiometer frequencies were scanned are then presented.
Document ID
19800060062
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Harrington, R. F.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Swift, C. T.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Fedors, J. C.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, Va., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1980
Subject Category
Oceanography
Meeting Information
Meeting: Symposium on Oceanography from Space
Location: Venice
Country: Italy
Start Date: May 26, 1980
End Date: May 30, 1980
Sponsors: COSPAR and Inter-Union Commission on Radio Meteorology
Accession Number
80A44232
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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