A spaceborne ground penetrating radar: MIMOSA

Author

Herique, A. ; Kofman, W. ; Baüer, P. ; Remy, F. ; Phalippou, L.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Space Ind., Toulouse, France

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

473

Abstract

The MIMOSA radar is a spaceborne unfocused nadir looking synthetic aperture P-Band radar designed to penetrate the Earth superficial layers and proposed in the frame of the Earth Explorer Opportunity Missions (ESA). This paper reviews all the mission aspects. The scientific objectives are presented: 3D mapping of Antarctic ice sheet, biomass monitoring, and prospective objectives. The instrument concept is developed. The physics of the measurement is analyzed to show that the expected signal is a mixture of deep echoes-and surface clutter. A clutter rejection processing is proposed and some results of signal simulation are given for typical ice surfaces. A preliminary instrument design is described, based on the physics analysis and simulations results

Keywords

buried object detection; geophysical prospecting; geophysical techniques; glaciology; hydrological techniques; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Antarctic ice sheet; Earth Explorer Opportunity Missions; MIMOSA; P-Band; SAR; biomass monitoring; clutter rejection processing; geophysical measurement technique; glaciology; ground penetrating radar; land surface; polar ice sheet; prospecting; prospective objective; radar remote sensing; scientific objectives; signal simulation; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; unfocused nadir looking; vegetation mapping; Antarctica; Biomass; Clutter; Earth; Ground penetrating radar; Ice; Instruments; Physics; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.773537

Filename

773537