An airborne CryoSat prototype: the D2P radar altimeter

Author

Raney, R.K. ; Jensen, J.R.

Author_Institution

Appl. Phys. Lab., Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

1765

Abstract

Through airborne flight tests over the ocean and the ice of southern Greenland, we have successfully demonstrated the technical viability and waveform characteristics of an innovative radar altimeter concept (D2P), the first of its kind. The D2P takes advantage of range-curvature-corrected, multi-look Doppler processing along-track, and interferometric angle measurement across-track. The radar´s performance met or exceeded expectations. The D2P radar serves as an airborne prototype of CryoSat.

Keywords

glaciology; hydrological techniques; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; CryoSat; D2P radar; Delay Doppler Phase monopulse Project; Greenland; airborne flight tests; airborne radar; along track method; glacier; glaciology; ice sheet; instrument; interferometric angle measurement; measurement technique; multi-look Doppler processing; prototype; radar altimetry method; radar remote sensing; range curvature correction; sea ice; spaceborne radar; validation experiment; viability; waveform characteristics; Airborne radar; Doppler radar; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Pollution measurement; Prototypes; Radar signal processing; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026247

Filename

1026247