Reliable and Stable Radiometers for Jason-3
| Autor: | F. Maiwald, Robert Jarnot, Sharmila Padmanabhan, Douglas Dawson, Amarit Kit iyakara, Darren Michaels, William Hatch, Shannon Brown, Todd Gaier, Amy Wu, P. C. Stek, Oliver Montes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Atmospheric Science
Radiometer 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Meteorology Ocean current Microwave radiometer 0211 other engineering and technologies Climate change 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences law.invention Troposphere Ocean surface topography Radar altimeter law Environmental science Altimeter Computers in Earth Sciences 021101 geological & geomatics engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 9:2754-2762 |
| ISSN: | 2151-1535 1939-1404 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/jstars.2016.2535281 |
| Popis: | The Jason-3 mission employs the Advanced Microwave Radiometer (AMR) to provide a tropospheric path delay measurement in support of ocean altimetry. NOAA and EUMETSAT are Jason-3 lead agencies with CNES and NASA/JPL providing implementation support. Jason-3 continues the measurements of TOPEX/Poseidon [1] , [2] , Jason-1, and Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 supporting a multidecadal ocean topography studies, including ocean circulation, climate change, hurricane intensity forecasts, and sea level change. The objective of the Jason-3 AMR is to measure the columnar water vapor in the path of the Poseidon radar altimeter (CNES instrument) to correct for water in the atmospheric path delay in the altimeter range measurement. In this paper, the design and performance of AMR are described along with the changes made compared to the predecessor Jason-2 instrument to reduce development risks and improve the stability of the AMR instrument. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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