Strategic Study of CAE >> 2013, Volume 15, Issue 10
Thermal/vacuum calibration of microwave humidity sounder on FY-3B satellite
The Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing, CAS, National Space Science Center, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
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Abstract
The principle and methods on thermal/vacuum (T/V) testing of microwave humidity sounder (MWHS) on FY-3B satellite were described; correction algorithms on calibration errors were developed, and some main specifications of MWHS-3B, such as linearity, sensitivity and calibration precision, were obtained. The parameters derived from the T/V testing had been used in in-orbit data processing to produce brightness temperature products in FY-3B ground system.
Keywords
FY-3B satellite ; microwave humidity sounder ; prelaunch calibration ; thermal/vacuum testing
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