Microwave Radiometric Imager Design For Pods And Aircraft

R. P. Moore; M. C. Hoover; W. V. Patterson

doi:10.1117/12.954812

8 September 1976 Microwave Radiometric Imager Design For Pods And Aircraft

R. P. Moore, M. C. Hoover, W. V. Patterson

Proceedings Volume 0079, Aerial Reconnaissance Systems: Pods/Aircraft I; (1976) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.954812
Event: 1976 SPIE/SPSE Technical Symposium East, 1976, Reston, United States

Abstract

Microwave radiometers are the only sensors capable of passive, adverse weather, day-night operation. With operating principles similar to infrared (IR) sensors, microwave radiometers can produce imagery superior to that of high resolution radars on an equal resolution basis. They also provide a low cost, small alternative to radar which can give pod systems, remotely piloted vehicles (RPV), and aircraft an adverse weather capability where the size, cost and complexity of a radar system producing the same quality of imagery could not be accommodated. The phenomenology associated with microwave radiometric (MICRAD) imagery provides a different measurement of target characteristics and thus, increased target identification capability when utilized in multisensor systems. However, MICRAD systems of acceptable performance have only recently been developed.

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R. P. Moore, M. C. Hoover, and W. V. Patterson "Microwave Radiometric Imager Design For Pods And Aircraft", Proc. SPIE 0079, Aerial Reconnaissance Systems: Pods/Aircraft I, (8 September 1976); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.954812

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