Title :
COSMO-SkyMed: Calibration & validation resources and activities
Author :
Calabrese, D. ; Cricenti, A. ; Grimani, V. ; Scaranari, D. ; Vigliotti, R. ; Covello, F. ; Marano, G.
Author_Institution :
Thales Alenia Space, Rome
Abstract :
COSMO-SkyMed is the largest Italian investment in Space Systems for Earth Observation, commissioned and funded by Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Italian Ministry of Defense (MoD). It consists of a constellation of Low Earth Orbit mid-sized satellites, each carrying a multi-mode high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument operating at X-band and a full featured Global Ground Segment to properly exploit space capabilities. In the framework of COSMO SkyMed mission, the CALVAL represents the system element that performs the calibration activities and the assessment of the image quality. In this paper main characteristics, driving requirements, technical choices and CALVAL first results are described.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; artificial satellites; calibration; geophysical signal processing; remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; COSMO-SkyMed; Space Systems for Earth Observation; calibration; image quality; low Earth orbit mid-sized satellites; synthetic aperture radar; validation resources; Calibration; Image analysis; Image quality; Image segmentation; Low earth orbit satellites; Performance analysis; Polarization; Radar cross section; Resource management; Synthetic aperture radar; COSMO SkyMed; Calibration; SAR;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2008. RADAR '08. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1538-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1097-5659
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2008.4721099
