Title :
Design and development of a scatterometer system for environmental monitoring
Author :
Chet, Koo Voon ; Kuan, Chung Boon ; Teik, Chuah Hean
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Univ. Multimedia Telekom, Melaka, Malaysia
Abstract :
A ground-based C-band Scatterometer System has been constructed at the Universiti Multimedia Telekom, Malaysia. The system is a full polarimetric FM-CW radar which has the capability to determine the complete backscattering matrix of a natural target. The system is to be used to conduct in situ backscatter measurement on Earth terrain such as vegetation fields, forest and soil surfaces. In this paper, a summarized report on the design and development of the system is presented
Keywords :
geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; C-band; CW radar; Malaysia; SHF; Universiti Multimedia Telekom; backscatter; complete backscattering matrix; geophysical measurement technique; ground based radar; land surface; polarimetric FM-CW radar; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scatterometry; scatterometer system; soil surface; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; Backscatter; Calibration; Earth; Microwave sensors; Monitoring; Multimedia systems; Polarization; Radar measurements; Radio frequency; Soil measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.773572
