Intercalibration of satellite instruments is critical for detection and quantification of changes
in the Earth's environment, weather forecasting, understanding climate processes, and …

Abstract The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is a constellation-based
satellite mission designed to unify and advance precipitation measurements using both …

Abstract The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite began operating in
December 1997 and was shut down on 8 April 2015. Over the oceans, the microwave (MW) …

A technique for comparing spaceborne microwave radiometer brightness temperatures (Tb)
is described in the context of the upcoming National Aeronautics and Space Administration …

Absolute calibration of spaceborne microwave radiometer observations consists of accurate
determination of antenna cold space spillover, cross-polarization contamination, and …

The accuracy of geophysical retrievals from radiometers relies on calibration quality,
encompassing both absolute radiometric accuracy and spectral consistency. Radiometers …

The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is a joint ESA-CNES (F)-CDTI (E)
mission within the ESA Living Planet Program, and it was the second ESA Earth Explorer …

A microwave emissivity database has been developed with data from the Advanced
Microwave Scanning Radiometer‐EOS (AMSR‐E) and with ancillary land surface …

Multiple independent intercalibration techniques are used to derive calibration adjustments
for the development of a fundamental climate data record of physically consistent brightness …

Results are presented from the long-term monitoring and calibration of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration Jason Microwave Radiometer (JMR) on the Jason-1 …