The Status and Prospects of Atmospheric Microwave Sounding by Geostationary Meteorological Satellite

The importance of atmospheric microwave sounding onboard the geostationary meteorological satellite is analyzed, and the technical challenge being faced with the development of the microwave instrument is introduced.After discussing the advantage of a new type of microwave interference synthesis aperture radiometer, a hybrid system, combing the traditional real aperture and the synthesis aperture together, is proposed.This hybrid system could be valuable to the development of Fengyun geostationary microwave satellite.