A Spaceborne Radar for Directional Wave Spectrum Estimation: First Performance Simulations

Author

Tison, C. ; Carayon, G. ; Lambin, J. ; Castillan, P. ; Souyris, J.C. ; Hauser, D.

Author_Institution

CNES, Toulouse

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

SWIM is a Ku-band radar designed for wave directional spectrums estimation. This radar operates at six incidence angles (0deg to 10deg) with complete azimuth scanning. This paper presents the simulation tool developed for defining SWIM design and evaluating SWIM performance. The simulation tool is an end-to-end simulator, i.e. from the sea surface to the estimated wave spectrum. Some simulations are discussed, showing that the preliminary design of SWIM will fulfill the scientific requirements.

Keywords

backscatter; marine radar; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Ku-band radar; SAR; SWIM; Surface Wave Investigation and Monitoring; Synthetic Aperture Radar; backscattered signal; end-to-end simulation; ocean wave; sea surface wave spectrum estimation; spaceborne radar; spaceborne wave spectrometer; Spaceborne radar; Spectral analysis; SWIM; Wave spectrum; end-to-end simulation; radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778865

Filename

4778865