Proposed Development of a National Standard for Microwave Brightness Temperature

We review the advantages of a national standard for microwave brightness temperature and outline our proposed approach toward developing such a standard. The proposal is a combined standard that would comprise both a standard radiometer, traceable to primary noise standards, and a fully characterized standard target. Keywords-brightness temperature; microwave radiometry; radiometer calibration; remote sensing; standards

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