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<strong>Satellite</strong> longitude<br />

Curves are <strong>for</strong> US Standard Atatosphere with 7.5 g\cm3 water vapor and \<br />

50 % cloud cover. The Earth Coverage antenna pattern is given by ~<br />

1<br />

2<br />

G(o) = -3[&5 dB <strong>for</strong> O S @ s 8.715<br />

Where @ is the angle off of boresight. (Njoku and Smith -<br />

1985)<br />

Figure 6.9-1. Weighted Brightness Temperature of the Earth<br />

as a Function of Longitude, Viewed from Geostationary Orbit<br />

at Frequencies between 1 and 51 GHz.<br />

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