Rev. Sci. Instrum. 90, 043502 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5082542 90, 043502 © 2019 Author(s). Bayesian modeling of microwave radiometer calibration on the example of the Wendelstein 7-X electron cyclotron emission diagnostic Cite as: Rev. Sci. Instrum. 90, 043502 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5082542 Submitted: 21 November 2018 . Accepted: 17 March 2019 . Published Online: 11 April 2019 Udo Hoefel , Matthias Hirsch , Sehyun Kwak , Andrea Pavone , Jakob Svensson, Torsten Stange, Hans-Jürgen Hartfuß, Jonathan Schilling , Gavin Weir , Johan Willem Oosterbeek, Sergey Bozhenkov , Harald Braune, Kai-Jakob Brunner , Neha Chaudhary, Hannes Damm , Golo Fuchert, Jens Knauer , Heinrich Laqua, Stefan Marsen, Dmitry Moseev, Ekkehard Pasch, Evan R. Scott , Fabian Wilde, Robert Wolf , and W7-X Team