A preliminary electromagnetic (EM) design of a radiometric antenna system was developed for the microwave radiometer spacecraft mission. The antenna system consists of a large spherical reflector and an array of feed horns along a concentric circular arc in front of the reflector. The reflector antenna was sized to simultaneously produce 200 contiguous 1 km diameter footprints with an overall beam efficiency of 90 percent, and the feed horns and feed horn array were designed to monitor the radiation from the footprints.


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    Title :

    Electromagnetic design of a microwave radiometer antenna system


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    Publication date :

    1981-12-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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