Design of a geostationary microwave precipitation radiometer

William J. Wilson; Daniel B. Eldred

doi:10.1117/12.161391

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15 November 1993 Design of a geostationary microwave precipitation radiometer

William J. Wilson, Daniel B. Eldred

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Proceedings Volume 1952, Surveillance Technologies and Imaging Components; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161391
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

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The Geostationary Microwave Precipitation Radiometer will be a passive microwave radiometer system to be flown on the NASA Geostationary Earth Observatory. This instrument will provide microwave images for meteorology. It will measure radiation from the Earth and its atmosphere in seven frequency bands from 37 to 220 GHz. The instrument will have a 4 m Cassegrain antenna which will be mechanically scanned to provide images of the Earth in approximately equals 2 hours.

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William J. Wilson and Daniel B. Eldred "Design of a geostationary microwave precipitation radiometer", Proc. SPIE 1952, Surveillance Technologies and Imaging Components, (15 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161391

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