Systems for passive microwave remote sensing and their calibration methods

Klein, Marian

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Title: Systems for passive microwave remote sensing and their calibration methods

Abstract

A system for passive microwave remote sensing using at least one microwave radiometer includes a fixed body portion and a mobile body portion. The mobile body portion is configured for rotatably coupling with the fixed body portion for rotation about a rotation axis. The mobile body portion is configured for supporting the microwave radiometer therein such that the microwave radiometer rotates about the rotation axis when the mobile body portion is rotated about the rotation axis such that a polarization axis of the radiometer is aligned with an earth axis. The fixed body portion includes a motor mechanism for effecting rotation of the mobile body portion. In an embodiment, the mobile body portion includes a plurality of body section, each body section being configured for supporting a microwave radiometer therein. In another embodiment, each one of the plurality of body sections is configured to be interchangeably coupled with each other.

Inventors:: Klein, Marian

Issue Date:: 2023-01-31

Research Org.:: Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1987085

Patent Number(s):: 11567015

Application Number:: 17/138,268

Assignee:: Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology (Boulder, CO)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01K - MEASURING TEMPERATURE

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01K - MEASURING TEMPERATURE
G01K11/006 - {using measurement of the effect of a material on microwaves or longer electromagnetic waves, e.g. measuring temperature via microwaves emitted by the object
G01K15/005 - {Calibration}

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
G01N22/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of microwaves
G01N22/04 - Investigating moisture content
G01N33/2823 - {raw oil, drilling fluid or polyphasic mixtures

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01R - MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES
G01R25/04 - involving adjustment of a phase shifter to produce a predetermined phase difference, e.g. zero difference
G01R27/04 - in circuits having distributed constants {, e.g. having very long conductors or involving high frequencies}
G01R27/22 - Measuring resistance of fluids

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01V - GEOPHYSICS
G01V3/17 - operating with electromagnetic waves {

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01W - METEOROLOGY
G01W1/02 - Instruments for indicating weather conditions by measuring two or more variables, e.g. humidity, pressure, temperature, cloud cover, wind speed
G01W1/18 - Testing or calibrating meteorological apparatus

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DOE Contract Number:: 944622; DG133R06CN0156; FG02-08ER85166; SC0010160; SC0015068; SC0015964; SC0019639

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 12/30/2020

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

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Analysis and improvement of tipping calibration for ground-based microwave radiometers journal, May 2000

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Microwave radiometer and methods for sensing atmospheric moisture and temperature
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Radiometric System and Method for Detecting Ice Accumulation inside an Operating Jet Engine
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Uncertainty of Radiometer Calibration Loads and Its Impact on Radiometric Measurements
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A Calibration Scheme for Microwave Radiometers Using Tipping Curves and Kalman Filtering
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