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Brightness temperature validation for SeaWinds radiometer using Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on ADEOS-II

Rafik Hanna, W. Linwood Jones

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After the launch of NASA’s SeaWinds scatterometer in 1999, a radiometer function was implemented in the Science Ground Data Processing Systems to allow the measurement of the earth’s microwave brightness temperature. This paper presents the validation of the SeaWinds radiometer (SRad) ocean brightness temperatures using the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) as a brightness temperature standard. Results are presented which compare collocated and simultaneously measured ocean brightness temperatures while operating on Japan’s ADEOS-II satellite.

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After the launch of NASA’s SeaWinds scatterometer in 1999, a radiometer function was implemented in the Science Ground Data Processing Systems to allow the measurement of the earth’s microwave brightness temperature. This paper presents the validation of the SeaWinds radiometer (SRad) ocean brightness temperatures using the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) as a brightness temperature standard. Results are presented which compare collocated and simultaneously measured ocean brightness temperatures while operating on Japan’s ADEOS-II satellite.

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After the launch of NASA’s SeaWinds scatterometer in 1999, a radiometer function was implemented in the Science Ground Data Processing Systems to allow the measurement of the earth’s microwave brightness temperature. This paper presents the validation of the SeaWinds radiometer (SRad) ocean brightness temperatures using the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) as a brightness temperature standard. Results are presented which compare collocated and simultaneously measured ocean brightness temperatures while operating on Japan’s ADEOS-II satellite.

Key concepts: Radiometer, Remote sensing, Microwave radiometer, Brightness temperature, Environmental science, Microwave, Radiometry, Microwave imaging

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