RF and Electronics Design of the Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer

Frank Maiwald; Oliver Montes; Sharmila Padmanabhan; Amy Wu; Zachary Pannell; Violet Torossian; Alireza Bakhshi; Damon Russell; Jordan Tanabe; Hamid Javadi; Chris Holman; Maurice Aghion; Richard Redick; Amarit Kitiyakara; Shannon Brown

doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3005041

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (Jan 2020)

RF and Electronics Design of the Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer

Frank Maiwald,
Oliver Montes,
Sharmila Padmanabhan,
Amy Wu,
Zachary Pannell,
Violet Torossian,
Alireza Bakhshi,
Damon Russell,
Jordan Tanabe,
Hamid Javadi,
Chris Holman,
Maurice Aghion,
Richard Redick,
Amarit Kitiyakara,
Shannon Brown

Affiliations

Frank Maiwald: ORCiD; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Oliver Montes: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Sharmila Padmanabhan: ORCiD; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Amy Wu: ORCiD; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Zachary Pannell: Lockheed Martin, Denver, CO, USA
Violet Torossian: ORCiD; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Alireza Bakhshi: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Damon Russell: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Jordan Tanabe: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Hamid Javadi: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Chris Holman: Microwave Engineering Corporation, North Andover, MA, USA
Maurice Aghion: Microwave Engineering Corporation, North Andover, MA, USA
Richard Redick: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Amarit Kitiyakara: ORCiD; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Shannon Brown: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3005041
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13
pp. 3816 – 3823

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The Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer (COWVR) was developed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a proof of concept technology demonstration mission for the Air Force. COWVR is a fully polarimetric imaging radiometer system operating at 18.7, 23.8, and 33.9 GHz . Its receiver subsystem is based on the Jason-3 advanced microwave radiometer, which was launched in early 2016 and is currently in operation. Its enabling components are presented in this article, including the phase-matched waveguide components, noise injection, receivers, and polarimetric backend units.

Published in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

ISSN: 1939-1404 (Print); 2151-1535 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Ocean engineering; Science: Physics: Geophysics. Cosmic physics
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4609443

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