Title

Radiated Emissions Testing Of Space Wireless Electric Power Transfer Systems

Keywords

Antenna Pattern; Antenna Temperature; Aquarius/SAC-D; MWR; radiometer; side-lobes

Abstract

The Microwave Radiometer (MWR) flying on the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite is a Dicke radiometer operating at 23.8 and 36.5 GHz that was developed by the Argentine Space Agency CONAE. This instrument complements Aquarius (NASA's L-band radiometer/scatterometer) by providing simultaneous spatially collocated environmental measurements such as oceanic wind speed for roughness correction and rain rate for flagging corrupted salinity retrievals. This paper describes the initial findings on the MWR antenna beam pattern issue. The antenna pattern issue is best described as unwanted earth radiation entering the side-lobes of the directed beam, possibly of unexpected high gain, of certain MWR feedhorns. A first look at the understanding of this problem is presented. © 2012 IEEE.

Publication Date

5-31-2012

Publication Title

Conference Proceedings - IEEE SOUTHEASTCON

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/SECon.2012.6196994

Socpus ID

84861494124 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84861494124

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