First 2-D Interferometric Radiometer Imaging of the Earth From an Aircraft

The Helsinki University of Technology has recently finished the construction of a 2-D airborne aperture synthesis radiometer and conducted a successful test flight with the complete instrument. During the test flight, a number of different brightness temperature sources were measured to examine the instrument's stability, electromagnetic compatibility issues, calibration methods, and image reconstruction algorithm. A set of images from this first test flight is presented, and their main features are discussed