Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
A future mission for a new microwave atmospheric temperature sounder radiometer in a Middle Earth Orbit (MEO) at 11,000 km altitude is described. The MeoSTAR design uses a stationary l-dimensional Synthetic Thinned Array Radiometer in the 50-60 GHz microwave sounding band, to provide a 'pushbroom' image as the satellite orbits. The advantage of this concept is an image with a high spatial resolution and a wide swath with no scanning antenna to disturb the visual and IR sensors on the same satellite.
Keywords:
Earth Resources and Remote Sensing
Type:
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (IGARSS); Sep 01, 2004; Anchorage, AK; United States
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