The Radio Frequency and Calibration Assembly for the MetOp Second Generation MicroWave Imager (MWI)
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Bredin, Carine; Orlhac, Jean-Claude; Decoopman, Thibaut; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Kallel, Asma; Malassingne, Christophe; Bayle, Franck; Tabart, Christian; Catalani, Alfredo; Salvatore, Daddio; Lupi, Tito
- Source
- 2018 IEEE 15th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad) Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2018 IEEE 15th Specialist Meeting on. :1-4 Mar, 2018
- Subject
- Geoscience
Instruments
Microwave radiometry
Receivers
Calibration
Radio frequency
Satellite broadcasting
Microwave imaging
Microwave
radiometer
imager
receivers
meteorology
- Language
This paper describes the MWI radiometer being developed for MetOp-SG. It provides an overview of the mission, the instrument concept and the key technologies used in the RF assembly. The predicted radiometric and geometric performances are also presented.