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A Cost-Effective Portable L-Band Radiometer for Drone and Ground-Based Applications
- Source :
- IGARSS
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- IEEE, 2020.
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Abstract
- We introduce a recently developed cost effective, low mass, portable L-band radiometer for aerial applications on drones or for ground-based applications. The radiometer has been tested on a multicopter drone and for a winter seasons measuring snow at the Davos-Laret Remote Sensing Field Site in Switzerland. The radiometer measures dual-linear polarizations, has a brightness temperature resolution of about 0.15 K for 1 sec integration time, and the antenna has a half-power full beamwidth of 37 degrees. The mass of the combined system is 3.8 kg and the power consumption is less than 3 W. We present the antenna and radiometer instrument, and initial results from these test phases.
- Subjects :
- Time delay and integration
L band
Radiometer
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
Snow
01 natural sciences
Drone
Beamwidth
Brightness temperature
Environmental science
Antenna (radio)
021101 geological & geomatics engineering
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Remote sensing
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f623eb577653b6cf2b3b88dfb657674a