Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave Radiometry

Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave Radiometry

Improvements in radiometric calibration are needed to achieve the desired accuracy and stability of satellite-based microwave-radiometer observations intended for the production of climate data records. Linearity, stability and traceability of measurements to an SI-unit standard should be emphasized...

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Main Authors: Philip W. Rosenkranz, William J. Blackwell, R. Vincent Leslie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
microwave radiometer calibration
gsics
intercalibration
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/2/241
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spelling doaj-98c0044e47b14656971942a79a1a452a2020-11-25T01:45:08ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922020-01-0112224110.3390/rs12020241rs12020241Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave RadiometryPhilip W. Rosenkranz0William J. Blackwell1R. Vincent Leslie2Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USAMIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02420, USAMIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02420, USAImprovements in radiometric calibration are needed to achieve the desired accuracy and stability of satellite-based microwave-radiometer observations intended for the production of climate data records. Linearity, stability and traceability of measurements to an SI-unit standard should be emphasized. We suggest radiometer design approaches to achieve these objectives in a microwave calibration-reference instrument. Multi-year stability would be verified by comparison to radio-occultation measurements. Data from such an instrument could be used for climate studies and also to transfer its calibration to weather-satellite instruments. With the suitable selection of an orbit, a climatology of the diurnal variation in the measured parameters could be compiled, which would reduce uncertainties in climate trends inferred from earlier microwave radiometers over past decades.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/2/241microwave radiometer calibrationgsicsintercalibration
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author Philip W. Rosenkranz
William J. Blackwell
R. Vincent Leslie
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William J. Blackwell
R. Vincent Leslie
Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave Radiometry
Remote Sensing
microwave radiometer calibration
gsics
intercalibration
author_facet Philip W. Rosenkranz
William J. Blackwell
R. Vincent Leslie
author_sort Philip W. Rosenkranz
title Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave Radiometry
title_short Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave Radiometry
title_full Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave Radiometry
title_fullStr Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave Radiometry
title_full_unstemmed Climate-Quality Calibration for Low Earth-Orbit Microwave Radiometry
title_sort climate-quality calibration for low earth-orbit microwave radiometry
publisher MDPI AG
series Remote Sensing
issn 2072-4292
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Improvements in radiometric calibration are needed to achieve the desired accuracy and stability of satellite-based microwave-radiometer observations intended for the production of climate data records. Linearity, stability and traceability of measurements to an SI-unit standard should be emphasized. We suggest radiometer design approaches to achieve these objectives in a microwave calibration-reference instrument. Multi-year stability would be verified by comparison to radio-occultation measurements. Data from such an instrument could be used for climate studies and also to transfer its calibration to weather-satellite instruments. With the suitable selection of an orbit, a climatology of the diurnal variation in the measured parameters could be compiled, which would reduce uncertainties in climate trends inferred from earlier microwave radiometers over past decades.
topic microwave radiometer calibration
gsics
intercalibration
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/2/241
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