Title :
The C-SAR instrument for the GMES sentinel-1 mission
Author :
Rostan, F. ; Riegger, S. ; Pitz, W. ; Torre, A. ; Torres, R.
Author_Institution :
EADS Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen
Abstract :
The paper describes the C-SAR instrument for the GMES Sentinel-1 mission. After a brief introduction of the Sentinel-1 instrument requirements a design description of the overall C-SAR instrument as well as of its major subsystems (i.e. the SAR Antenna Subsystem (SAS) and the SES Electronic Subsystem (SES)), is given. The paper concludes with an overview on the predicted instrument performance.
Keywords :
active antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; C-SAR instrument; GMES Sentinel-1 mission; SAR antenna subsystem; SES electronic subsystem; active phased array antenna; instrument design description; instrument requirements; synthetic aperture radar; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Azimuth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Phased arrays; Polarization; Radar antennas; Synthetic aperture radar; Synthetic aperture sonar; Active Phased Array Antenna; GMES; Sentinel-1; Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR);
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422768
