The Radiometer Equation
Channel: Chat Hull
Date: 08/09/2011

An explanation of the radiometer equation by Chat Hull, a fourth year graduate student at UC Berkeley, and a member of Aaron Parsons' "Radio Astronomy Tools and Techniques" seminar. The radiometer equation is a fundamental equation describing the signal to noise of a radio astronomical observation. This twenty-minute introduction is designed to give viewers a conceptual feel for the topic.