Title :
System design and performance simulation of a spaceborne Ku-band rotation fan-beam scatterometer
Author :
Dong, Xiaolong ; Lin, Wenning
Author_Institution :
Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., CAS, Beijing
Abstract :
A spaceborne Ku-band rotation fan-beam scatterometer (RFSCAT) for sea surface wind field measurement is introduced. The system will be operated in Ku-band frequency so that the dimension of its antenna can be shortened enough for a small satellite platform. Then a simulation method is adopted to analyze the performance of this system. The results show that the proposed scatterometer has a good performance in wind retrieval.
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; remote sensing by radar; wind; RFSCAT; sea surface wind field measurement; spaceborne Ku-band rotation fan-beam scatterometer; Analytical models; Antenna measurements; Frequency; Performance analysis; Radar measurements; Rotation measurement; Satellite antennas; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; rotating fan beam scatterometer; simulation; wind retrieval;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778867
