Study on Imaging with Scanning Airborne W-band Millimeter Wave Radiometer

  • Kong, De-Cai (National Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Kim, Yong-Hoon (National Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Li, Jing (National Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Zhang, Sheng-Wei (National Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Sun, Mao-Hua (National Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Liu, He-Guang (National Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Jiang, Jing-Shan (National Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

The paper introduces a research on the W-band Millimeter Wave Radiometer(RADW92) through an airborne experiment. Microwave remote sensing images of part of the Yellow River and the WeiHe River are of fared. Analysis of factors influencing the image qualities as well as the resolutions to them are also included. The RADW92 is the first generation of Millimeter Wave Radiometer in China, which works with operating frequency 92 GHz, the bandwidth 2 GHz, the integration time 60ms, the system sensitivity 0.6k and the linearity better than 0.999. Cassegrain Antenna is designed for imaging by conically scanning. The result of the experiment suggested that RADW92 had been adequate for space use.

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