RA-2 Radar Altimeter:instrument FM model pre-launch performance results

Author

Zelli, C. ; Provvedi, F. ; Croci, R. ; Buscaglione, F. ; Bauleo, A.

Author_Institution

Space Div., Alenia Aerosp., Rome, Italy

Volume

4

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

2014

Abstract

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Dornier to fly on ENVISAT-1 mission the Radar Altimeter RA-2 developed by Alenia Aerospazio. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the instrument performance derived from evaluation of the test results gathered during the instrument integration and characterisation campaign carried out for the flight model (FM)

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; meteorological radar; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; 13.75 GHz; 3.2 GHz; Alenia Aerospazio; ENVISAT-1; ESA; European Space Agency; FM model; RA-2; Radar Altimeter; S-band; SHF; X-band; atmosphere; equipment; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; instrument; lake; land ice; land surface; meteorology; microwave radar; ocean; pre-launch performance; radar altimetry method; radar remote sensing; sea ice; sea surface; spaceborne radar; terrain mapping; Antenna feeds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Ice; Instruments; Oceans; Pulsed power supplies; Receiving antennas; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.703725

Filename

703725