New improved algorithm for sky calibration of L-Band radiometers JÜLBARA and ELBARA II
(2012) 12th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad) — Location: Villa Mandragone, Italy (5.March.2012)
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- We propose a new algorithm for sky calibration of the L-band radiometers JULBARA and ELBARA II, introducing the effective transmissivities of the instruments. The suggested approach was tested using experimental data obtained at the Selhausen test site, Germany. It was shown that for JULBARA the effective transmissivities depend strongly on the air temperature and decrease with increasing air temperature, while for ELBARA II such strong dependence was not observed. It was also shown that the effective transmissivities account for the antenna and feed cable loss effects, and for the variations of the radiometer gain due to air temperature changes. The new calibration algorithm reduces significantly the bias of brightness temperature estimates for both radiometers, especially for JULBARA.
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Dimitrov, M., Kostov, K. G., Jonard, F., Jadoon, K. Z., Schwank, M., Weihermüller, L., Hermes, N., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2012). New improved algorithm for sky calibration of L-Band radiometers JÜLBARA and ELBARA II. IEEE Catalog Number, p. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/MicroRad.2012.6185259