X-band microwave modules for both PAZ and RBX novel active radar calibrator system

Author

Baquero, A.M. ; Ojalvo, L. ; Madrono, D. ; De Diego, E. ; Larranaga, J.R.

Author_Institution

Ing. de Sist. para la Defensa de Espana (ISDEFE), Madrid, Spain

fYear

2014

fDate

13-18 July 2014

Firstpage

4082

Lastpage

4085

Abstract

This paper describes mainly the design and the features of the RadioFrequency (RF) unit which is part of the development of a novel active X-band SAR system calibrator for both PAZ satellite and airborne prototypes (RBX, RIX) by INTA. The ground calibrator consists of an active transponder path and a detector path. This system will be used for absolute radiometric calibration of SAR image data and for antenna pattern evaluation, besides it provides a monitoring of the performance of the transponder itself. During the validation phase of both the PAZ and the RBX missions in 2014 this system will be demanded.

Keywords

airborne radar; antenna radiation patterns; artificial satellites; calibration; microwave antennas; radar antennas; radar imaging; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; radiometry; synthetic aperture radar; transponders; PAZ satellite; RBX missions; SAR image; X-band SAR system calibrator; X-band microwave modules; absolute radiometric calibration; active transponder performance monitoring; airborne prototype; antenna pattern evaluation; ground calibrator; radiofrequency unit; Calibration; Microwave radiometry; Radio frequency; Receivers; Satellites; Synthetic aperture radar; Transponders; PAZ; RBX; active transponder; ground calibrator; microwave technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Quebec City, QC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6947383

Filename

6947383