The 20.7- and 31.4-GHz atmospheric noise temperature measurements
Abstract
The 20.7/31.4-GHz water vapor radiometer was used for atmospheric noise temperature mesurements. Tipping curve data and on/off Sun data are compared. During the time of the data collection (7:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.), the sky was clear and the ground temperature and humidity varied from 14 C to 24 C and 65 percent to 51 percent respectively. The tipping curve data is felt to be the most accurate.
- Publication:
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The Telecommuniations and Data Acquisition Progress Rept. 42-64
- Pub Date:
- August 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981tdar.rept..132S
- Keywords:
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- Atmospherics;
- Noise Temperature;
- Solar Radiation;
- Temperature Measurement;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Deep Space Instrumentation Facility;
- Microwave Radiometers;
- Geophysics