A microwave radiometer (MWR) is a radiometer that measures energy emitted at one millimeter-to-metre wavelengths (frequencies of 0.3–300 GHz) known as...
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detector or an ultraviolet detector. Microwave radiometers operate in the microwave wavelengths. While the term radiometer can refer to any device that measures...
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The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) is a seven-channel, four-frequency, linearly polarized passive microwave radiometer system. It is flown on...
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The Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) [pronounced simmer] was a five-frequency microwave radiometer flown on the Seasat and Nimbus 7 satellites...
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Microwave Radiometer (MWR) is an instrument on the Juno orbiter sent to planet Jupiter. MWR is a multi-wavelength microwave radiometer for making observations...
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This basic design for a radiometer has been used in most subsequent cosmic microwave background experiments. "The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (Nobel...
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The advanced microwave sounding unit (AMSU) is a multi-channel microwave radiometer installed on meteorological satellites. The instrument examines several...
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Aqua (satellite) (redirect from Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer)
the atmosphere, of which four are still operating: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSR-E) — measures cloud properties, sea surface temperature...
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Juno (spacecraft) (section Microwave radiometer (MWR))
(JIRAM) are expected to endure at least eight orbits, while the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) should endure at least eleven orbits. Although the flux of...
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Horn antenna (redirect from Microwave horn)
antennas for such devices as radar guns, automatic door openers, and microwave radiometers. Their advantages are moderate directivity, broad bandwidth, low...
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