Review of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellites

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dc.contributor.advisorInggs, Michaelen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorDunsby, Peter K Sen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCalder-Potts, Georgeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-27T14:04:34Z
dc.date.available2014-12-27T14:04:34Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 134-176)en_ZA
dc.description.abstractGiven that South Africa is an emerging space nation, in a continent of emerging space nations and economies, several technologies need to be developed to progress the space program into a viable and sustainable endeavour. The three main areas of space technology are communications, navigation and remote sensing. Earth science is strongly reliant on the third of these areas for obtaining global scientific data, on a suitable temporal/spatial scale. One of the forms of electro-magnetic remote sensing is microwave radiometry. This dissertation presents a short review of currently available space-faring radiometer technologies and applications, which are then discussed in the context of today's South Africa. For instance Passive Microwave Radiometers (PMR) in the L-Band have huge implications in Soil Moisture (SM) and Sea Salinity (SSS), which in turn affect the global climate, and are being investigated by current and soon to launch missions such as Aquarius, SMOS and SMAP. Multi-frequency radiometers are used to classify various other aspects of Earth's surface-atmosphere system. The structure of this dissertation is to introduce the concepts of radiometry with a review of current and future radiometers from literature (up to November 2011). The user communities, current and possible, are also analysed. There is a discussion of South Africa's history, needs and presence in space, along with possible constraints on a future South African instrument going to space. A technology demonstrator passive microwave radiometer, for SM and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) along with some atmospheric correction channels, is presented. Synergy with data obtained from other instruments, such as an Infra-Red (IR) sounder, is also discussed.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCalder-Potts, G. (2012). <i>Review of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellites</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10210en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCalder-Potts, George. <i>"Review of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellites."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10210en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCalder-Potts, G. 2012. Review of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellites. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Calder-Potts, George AB - Given that South Africa is an emerging space nation, in a continent of emerging space nations and economies, several technologies need to be developed to progress the space program into a viable and sustainable endeavour. The three main areas of space technology are communications, navigation and remote sensing. Earth science is strongly reliant on the third of these areas for obtaining global scientific data, on a suitable temporal/spatial scale. One of the forms of electro-magnetic remote sensing is microwave radiometry. This dissertation presents a short review of currently available space-faring radiometer technologies and applications, which are then discussed in the context of today's South Africa. For instance Passive Microwave Radiometers (PMR) in the L-Band have huge implications in Soil Moisture (SM) and Sea Salinity (SSS), which in turn affect the global climate, and are being investigated by current and soon to launch missions such as Aquarius, SMOS and SMAP. Multi-frequency radiometers are used to classify various other aspects of Earth's surface-atmosphere system. The structure of this dissertation is to introduce the concepts of radiometry with a review of current and future radiometers from literature (up to November 2011). The user communities, current and possible, are also analysed. There is a discussion of South Africa's history, needs and presence in space, along with possible constraints on a future South African instrument going to space. A technology demonstrator passive microwave radiometer, for SM and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) along with some atmospheric correction channels, is presented. Synergy with data obtained from other instruments, such as an Infra-Red (IR) sounder, is also discussed. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Review of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellites TI - Review of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellites UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10210 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10210
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCalder-Potts G. Review of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellites. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10210en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mathematics and Applied Mathematicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherApplied Mathematicsen_ZA
dc.titleReview of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellitesen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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