Assessments of F16 Special Sensor Microwave Imager and Sounder Antenna Temperatures at Lower Atmospheric Sounding Channels

The main reflector of the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) aboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-16 satellite emits variable radiation, and the SSMIS warm calibration load is intruded by direct and indirect solar radiation. These contamination sources produce an...

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Main Authors: Banghua Yan, Fuzhong Weng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/420985