Title :
Digital Beamforming Synthetic Aperture Radar (DBSAR) polarimetric operation during the Eco3D flight campaign
Author :
Rincon, F. ; Fatoyinbo, T. ; Ranson, J. ; Sun, G. ; Perrine, M. ; Bonds, Q. ; Valett, S. ; Seufert, S.
Author_Institution :
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
The Digital Beamforming Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument demonstrated its first polarimetric polarization operation during the Eco-3D flight campaign, on board the NASA P3 aircraft in the summer/fall 2011. The measurements acquired during the campaign are currently being used to demonstrate DBSAR´s science utility by providing critical information on vegetation structure needed to estimate vegetation biomass in order to advance our understanding of the carbon cycle.
Keywords :
geophysical equipment; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2011; DBSAR instrument; DBSAR polarimetric operation; DBSAR science utility; ECO3D R flight campaign; NASA P3 aircraft; carbon cycle; digital beamforming synthetic aperture radar; polarimetric polarization operation; vegetation biomass; vegetation structure; Antenna measurements; Array signal processing; Biomass; NASA; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Digital Beamforming; SAR;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351101
