The Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer (APMIR) is a passive microwave radiometer developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). It measures brightness temperature to calibrate and validate satellite observations from the Coriolis WindSat and the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS). APMIR operates across several channels in the 6.6-37 GHz frequency range. It has footprint sizes ranging from 1.2-3.5 km at a typical flight altitude of 7.6 km and an incidence angle of 53 degrees. APMIR has a typical integration time of 0.1 seconds.
Instrument Details
- Spectrometer/Radiometer
- Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
- Land Surface
- 0.1 s
- 1.2-3.5 km
- 6.6 GHz, 6.8 GHz, 7.2 GHz, 10.7 GHz, 18.7 GHz, 19.35 GHz, 22.23 GHz, 23.8 GHz, 37 GHz
- https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178555
Justin Bobak
Justin Bobak
Naval Research Laboratory
ONR, DMSP, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
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