Considerations About Antenna Pattern Measurements of 2-D Aperture Synthesis Radiometers

Accurate measurement of the antenna voltage patterns of large-aperture synthesis radiometers is critical in order to achieve good radiometric accuracy, and a very time consuming and expensive task. Measurement requirements and a tradeoff study relating radiometric accuracy degradation and number of...

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Autores: Camps Carmona, Adriano José|||0000-0002-9514-4992, Skou, Neils, Torres Torres, Francisco|||0000-0003-1160-6350, Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi|||0000-0001-5598-7955, Duffo Ubeda, Núria|||0000-0002-9398-3995
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1074
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/1074
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Microwave imaging
Radiometry.
Antenna radiation patterns
Remote sensing
antenna radiation patterns
microwave imaging
radiometers
radiometry
remote sensing by radar
synthetic aperture radar
Radiometria
Antenes
Microones
Sensors remots
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Circuits de microones, radiofreqüència i ones mil·limètriques
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Resumo:Accurate measurement of the antenna voltage patterns of large-aperture synthesis radiometers is critical in order to achieve good radiometric accuracy, and a very time consuming and expensive task. Measurement requirements and a tradeoff study relating radiometric accuracy degradation and number of elements to be measured are presented.