Title

Sea Winds Radiometer (Srad) Brightness Temperature Calibration And Validation

Abstract

NASA 's SeaWinds scatterometer, on Japan 's ADEOS-II satellite, is a special purpose radar remote sensor used to measure ocean surface wind vector (speed and direction). This paper presents the novel use of this instrument as a SeaWinds radiometer (SRad) to measure the ocean microwave emissions (brightness temperature). The derivation of the SRad radiometric transfer function is presented, which is used to calculate the apparent brightness temperature collected simultaneously with the radar scattering measurement. Results are presented for the on-orbit calibration and validation of the SRad brightness temperature algorithm performed using simultaneous measurements from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) also on the ADEOS-II. © 2005 IEEE.

Publication Date

11-9-2005

Publication Title

Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON

Number of Pages

287-295

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

27544462475 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/27544462475

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