C-band, narrow pulse, polarimetric Doppler-scatterometer for platform application

Author

Arakelyan, A.K. ; Smolin, A.I. ; Karyan, V.V. ; Hambaryan, A.K. ; Arakelyan, A.A. ; Hakobyan, I.K. ; Grigoryan, M.L. ; Barksdale, A. O N

Author_Institution

ECOSERV Remote Obs. Centre Co. Ltd., Yerevan, Armenia

fYear

2005

fDate

2005

Firstpage

308

Abstract

In this paper C-band (∼5.6 GHz), polarimetric (dual polarization), narrow pulse (∼30 ns) Doppler scatterometer is described. The scatterometer was developed for a short distance (∼6.5 m) remote sensing application and for simultaneous and coincident measurements of water surface microwave reflective and backscattered signal´s spectrum characteristics. In spite of the system was developed for a platform application, it may have successful vessel and airborne application for both land and sea surface remote sensing.

Keywords

Doppler radar; microwave measurement; ocean waves; oceanographic equipment; radar polarimetry; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; C-band Doppler-scatterometer; airborne application; backscattered signal spectrum; land surface remote sensing; narrow pulse Doppler-scatterometer; platform application; polarimetric Doppler-scatterometer; remote sensing application; sea surface remote sensing; vessel application; water surface microwave reflective spectrum; Antenna measurements; Land surface; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Signal processing; Surface waves; Water;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2005. Proceedings of MTS/IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-933957-34-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2005.1639780

Filename

1639780