Radio-frequency interference mitigating hyperspectral L-band radiometer

Toose, Peter; Roy, Alexandre; Solheim, Frederick; Derksen, Chris; Watts, Tom; Royer, Alain; Walker, Anne

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-39-2017

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-39-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-39-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 1

Research article

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01 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 01 Feb 2017

Radio-frequency interference mitigating hyperspectral L-band radiometer

Peter Toose, Alexandre Roy, Frederick Solheim, Chris Derksen, Tom Watts, Alain Royer, and Anne Walker

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Final revised paper (published on 01 Feb 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 18 Jul 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'minor revision', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Minor revision', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Oct 2016
AC1: 'Response to reviewers', Peter Toose, 04 Nov 2016
AC2: 'Revised manuscript - track changes', Peter Toose, 04 Nov 2016

Short summary

Radio-frequency interference (RFI) can significantly contaminate the measured radiometric signal of current spaceborne L-band passive microwave radiometers used for monitoring essential climate variables. A 385-channel hyperspectral L-band radiometer system was designed with the means to quantify the strength and type of RFI. The compact design makes it ideal for mounting on both surface and airborne platforms to be used for calibrating and validating measurement from spaceborne sensors.