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4. Effect of Sky Noise on Antenna Temperature

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Abstract

The often used but rarely justified formula by Blake that the antenna temperature T A contribution from sky temperature T S is T A = 0.876T S+36°K. This equation is particularly mysterious when one considers the origin of the coefficients 0.876 and 36°K. In this chapter, the basic principles behind this expression are discussed, and it is shown to be valid for a 1950s type of antenna with high back or sidelobes. A general expression that applies to modern ESAs is developed.

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Fußnoten
1
Purists might use spatially homogeneous rather than spatially stationary to describe the idea that the statistics of sky temperature are assumed to be independent of position.
 
2
Solar luminosity at RF is −153 dBm/Hz and its angular width is about 0.5°. So an antenna with this beamwidth can provide a 21 dB increase in the noise floor to the receiver (or, as your mother said, don’t look at the solar). For larger beamwidths, the antenna “sees the solar” in its average sidelobes, and its effect is included in the sky temperature.
 
3
Precisely why Blake writes this expression with a leading coefficient of 0.876 is not clear, but if one believes that the sky temperature contribution to antenna temperature is accurate to three decimal places, then one has bigger issues than just this discrepancy.
 
Literatur
Zurück zum Zitat Blake, L. V. (1969a, December). A guide to basic pulse-radar maximum-range calculation, part 1: Equations, definitions, and aids to calculation, NRL-R-6930. Blake, L. V. (1969a, December). A guide to basic pulse-radar maximum-range calculation, part 1: Equations, definitions, and aids to calculation, NRL-R-6930.
Zurück zum Zitat Blake, L. V. (1969b, December). A guide to basic pulse-radar maximum-range calculation, part 2: Derivations of equations, bases of graphs, and additional explanations, NRL-R-7010. Blake, L. V. (1969b, December). A guide to basic pulse-radar maximum-range calculation, part 2: Derivations of equations, bases of graphs, and additional explanations, NRL-R-7010.
Zurück zum Zitat Dana, R. A. (2016, September). Revisit of antenna sky temperature for ESAs. In: Proceedings of antenna applications symposium. Dana, R. A. (2016, September). Revisit of antenna sky temperature for ESAs. In: Proceedings of antenna applications symposium.
Zurück zum Zitat Taylor, T. T. (1955, January). Design of line source antenna for narrow beam width and low side lobes. IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 3, 16–28.CrossRef Taylor, T. T. (1955, January). Design of line source antenna for narrow beam width and low side lobes. IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 3, 16–28.CrossRef
Metadaten
Titel
Effect of Sky Noise on Antenna Temperature
verfasst von
Roger A. Dana
Copyright-Jahr
2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04678-1_4

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