Elecs Industry Co., Ltd.

Yuichi Chikahiro

Tadashi Takano

Kenichi Harada

Noriyuki Kawaguchi

Kensuke Ozeki

Provided is a method of calibrating a microwave radiometer, which eliminates use of liquid nitrogen as a calibration source. The method is applied to a microwave radiometer configured to receive, by a receiver having a primary radiator connected thereto, a radio wave emitted from an object to be measured depending on a temperature of the object to be measured and to measure a brightness temperature of the object to be measured from an output signal of the receiver. In the method, the method a noise temperature Tof the receiver appearing on an output side of the receiver is calibrated by observing a plurality of calibration sources having known brightness temperatures. The method includes using a radio wave reflector configured to totally reflect noise radiated from an input side of the receiver as one of the plurality of calibration sources.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Yuichi Chikahiro