A SAR instrument for global monitoring of land surfaces and polar ice

Author

Lin, C.-C. ; Mancini, P.L.

Author_Institution

Eur. Space Res. & Technol. Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

1525

Abstract

Describes on-going efforts to define a novel SAR instrument to globally monitor the land surfaces and the polar regions. A wide-swath/modest resolution concept has been put forth in order to satisfy future needs in climate change studies. A top-down approach starting from the mission objectives has been adopted in order to specify the sensor parameters

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radar applications; radar equipment; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; equipment; geophysical measurement technique; global monitoring; instrument; land surface terrain mapping; mission objectives; ocean sea surface sea ice; polar ice; radar remote sensing; satellite; sensor parameters; spaceborne radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; wide swath modest resolution; Earth; Geophysical measurements; Ice surface; Instruments; Land surface; Monitoring; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Sensor phenomena and characterization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399488

Filename

399488