Disk-Integrated Lunar Brightness Temperatures between 89 and 190 GHz
Joint Authors
Burgdorf, Martin J.
Buehler, Stefan A.
Hans, Imke
Prange, Marc
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-06-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Measurements of the disk-integrated brightness temperature of the Moon at 89, 157, 183, and 190 GHz are presented for phase angles between -80° and 50° relative to full Moon.
They were obtained with the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) on NOAA-18 from 39 instances when the Moon appeared in the deep space view of the instrument.
Polynomials were fitted to the measured values and the maximum temperature and the phase angle of its occurrence were determined.
A comparison of these results with the predictions from three different models or rather parametrical expressions by Keihm, Mo & Kigawa, and Yang et al.
revealed significantly larger phase lags for the lower frequencies in the measurements with MHS.
As the Moon has appeared thousands of times in the field of view of all microwave sounders combined, this investigation demonstrates the potential of weather satellites for fine tuning models and establishing the Moon as extremely accurate calibration reference.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Burgdorf, Martin J.& Buehler, Stefan A.& Hans, Imke& Prange, Marc. 2019. Disk-Integrated Lunar Brightness Temperatures between 89 and 190 GHz. Advances in Astronomy،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1114359
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Burgdorf, Martin J.…[et al.]. Disk-Integrated Lunar Brightness Temperatures between 89 and 190 GHz. Advances in Astronomy No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1114359
American Medical Association (AMA)
Burgdorf, Martin J.& Buehler, Stefan A.& Hans, Imke& Prange, Marc. Disk-Integrated Lunar Brightness Temperatures between 89 and 190 GHz. Advances in Astronomy. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1114359
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1114359