Interferometric radiometer
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1. An interferometric radiometer for imaging a target scene (ED), comprising:
- a plurality of receiving elements (201, 202) for receiving said radiation, said receiving elements (201, 202) being arranged in a two- or three-dimensional array (REA);
first signal processing means (SP1) for computing a two-dimensional set of samples of a visibility function (V) of said radiation emission by pair-wise cross-correlating signals received by said receiving elements (201, 202); and
second signal processing means (SP2) for reconstructing an intensity image (MI) of said radiation emission from said samples of said visibility function (V);
characterized in that it further comprises means (ROT) for rotating said two- or three-dimensional array of receiving elements (REA) about a rotation axis (z) which is substantially directed toward said target scene (ED);
and in that said second signal processing means (SP2) are adapted for reconstructing said intensity image (MI) from a plurality of two-dimensional sets of samples of said visibility function (V), each of said set of samples corresponding to a different rotational position of said rotating two- or three-dimensional array (REA) of receiving elements.
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Abstract
A space-borne interferometric radiometer for imaging a radiation emission from a target scene (ED), comprising: a plurality of receiving elements arranged in a two- or three-dimensional array (REA);
- first signal processing means (SP1) for computing a two-dimensional set of samples of a visibility function by pair-wise cross-correlating signals received by said receiving elements; and
- second signal processing means (SP2) for reconstructing an image from said samples of said visibility function; characterized in that it further comprises means (ROT) for rotating said two- or three-dimensional array (REA) about a rotation axis (z) which is substantially directed toward said target scene (ED);
- and in that said second signal processing means (SP2) are adapted for reconstructing said image from a plurality of two-dimensional sets of samples of said visibility function corresponding to different rotational positions of said rotating two- or three-dimensional array (REA) of receiving elements.
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1. An interferometric radiometer for imaging a target scene (ED), comprising:
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a plurality of receiving elements (201, 202) for receiving said radiation, said receiving elements (201, 202) being arranged in a two- or three-dimensional array (REA);
first signal processing means (SP1) for computing a two-dimensional set of samples of a visibility function (V) of said radiation emission by pair-wise cross-correlating signals received by said receiving elements (201, 202); and
second signal processing means (SP2) for reconstructing an intensity image (MI) of said radiation emission from said samples of said visibility function (V);
characterized in that it further comprises means (ROT) for rotating said two- or three-dimensional array of receiving elements (REA) about a rotation axis (z) which is substantially directed toward said target scene (ED);
and in that said second signal processing means (SP2) are adapted for reconstructing said intensity image (MI) from a plurality of two-dimensional sets of samples of said visibility function (V), each of said set of samples corresponding to a different rotational position of said rotating two- or three-dimensional array (REA) of receiving elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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