Title :
A delay/Doppler radar altimeter for ice sheet monitoring
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys. Lab., Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD, USA
Abstract :
The new radar altimeter concept described exploits both Doppler beam sharpening and range curvature delay compensation to eliminate most of the disadvantages that plague satellite pulse-limited ocean sensing altimeters when observing polar ice sheets
Keywords :
Doppler radar; glaciology; hydrological techniques; radar applications; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; Doppler beam sharpening; delay Doppler radar altimeter; glaciology; hydrology; ice sheet monitoring; measurement technique; polar ice sheet; range curvature delay compensation; satellite radar remote sensing; Delay; Doppler radar; Ice; Instruments; Laser radar; Monitoring; Oceans; Satellites; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface topography;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521080
