Title :
The KaSAR airborne campaign
Author :
Nouvel, J.F. ; Dubois-Fernandez, P. ; Dupuis, X.
Author_Institution :
ONERA, Salon de Provence, France
Abstract :
In 2012, a large airborne campaign dedicated to radar backscattering measurements over natural surfaces has been undertaken by ONERA. This campaign, KaSAR, was funded by ESA in the frame of the Living Planet Program. Different surface types have been addressed, such as water surfaces (lakes and sea), continental surfaces (agricultural areas, forests, bare surfaces) and coastal zones. The DRIVE Ka band SAR payload was installed on board the ONERA BUSARD platform.. A large Ka band radar dataset has been processed, leading to backscattering measurements that have been synthesized into a sigma0 data base. Results from this campaign are now available to compare with published values and to validate simulations.
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; lakes; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation mapping; AD 2012; DRIVE Ka band SAR payload; ESA; KaSAR airborne campaign; ONERA BUSARD platform; agricultural areas; bare surfaces; coastal zones; continental surfaces; forests; lakes; large Ka band radar dataset; large airborne campaign; living planet program; natural surfaces; published values; radar backscattering measurements; sea; sigma0 data base; simulation validation; surface types; water surfaces; Backscatter; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface treatment; Synthetic aperture radar; BUSARD; Ka band; KaSAR;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1114-1
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6723828
