A geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar; for tectonic mapping, disaster management and measurements of vegetation and soil moisture

Author

Madsen, S.N. ; Edelstein, Wendy ; DiDomenico, Leo D. ; LaBrecque, John

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

447

Abstract

A geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with an orbit inclination of 50-65° can provide daily coverage of all of North and South America. Longitudinally, the width of the mapped area would be on the order of ±50° at the Equator, somewhat more at the most northern/southern latitudes. Within the area mapped, very good temporal coverage can be obtained-up to several mappings during the 12 hours per day where the satellite is in the "right" hemisphere. This would be a key capability in relation to disaster management, tectonic mapping and modeling, vegetation and soil moisture mapping, and for operational and semi-operational requirements. A constellation of geosynchronous satellites could provide global coverage

Keywords

disasters; geophysical equipment; moisture; soil; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; tectonics; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; North America; SAR; South America; disaster management; geosynchronous satellites; geosynchronous synthetic aperture radar; operational requirements; semi-operational requirements; soil moisture mapping; tectonic mapping; temporal coverage; vegetation; Aerodynamics; Disaster management; Earthquakes; Extraterrestrial measurements; Moisture measurement; Soil measurements; Soil moisture; Spatial resolution; Synthetic aperture radar; Vegetation mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976185

Filename

976185