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Microwave Radiometry of Blackbody Radiation

Published

Author(s)

Dazhen Gu

Abstract

We outline the theoretical formulation of radiometry of the free-space radiation emitted by a blackbody target. Simulation shows a much smaller drop of radiation intensity of a Lambertian source than that of an incoherent source in the near-field region, indicative of a powerful influence produced by the coherence property of the blackbody source. Further, the coupling of the radiation to a radiometer is formulated by the plane-wave spectrum of the radiation field.
Proceedings Title
Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Mesurements
Conference Dates
July 10-15, 2016
Conference Location
Ottawa

Keywords

Calibration of remote sensing, coherence propagation, electromagnetic radiation, microwave blackbody, plane-wave expansion thermal noise

Citation

Gu, D. (2016), Microwave Radiometry of Blackbody Radiation, Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Mesurements, Ottawa, -1, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=920097 (Accessed April 27, 2024)
Created August 11, 2016, Updated January 27, 2020