Ultra-High-Performance C-and L-Band Radiometer System for Future Spaceborne Ocean Missions
Journal article, 2019

A next-generation real-Aperture spaceborne radiometer system for high-quality ocean measurements is discussed. Instead of illuminating the antenna reflector by a classical feed array of horn antennas in a one-feed-per-beam configuration, a multi-feed-per-beam configuration is chosen. Each antenna beam is thus created by adding the outputs from many small antenna elements in the feed array, thus providing an antenna beam of unsurpassed quality. This solves the classical polarization purity and land/sea contamination issues. The concept requires many microwave receivers and fast analog-To-digital converters as well as fast digital signal processing onboard the satellite. This is discussed, and resource budgets, especially concerning power, are provided.

Focal plane array (FPA)

receiver

microwave

radiometer

Author

N. Skou

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

S. S. Søbjærg

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

S.S. Kristensen

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

C. Cappellin

TICRA

Katrine Pontoppidan

TICRA

J. R. De Lasson

TICRA

Marianna Ivashina

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Oleg Iupikov

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

1939-1404 (ISSN) 2151-1535 (eISSN)

Vol. 12 6 1670-1678 8649618

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Signal Processing

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/JSTARS.2019.2894846

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11/7/2019