TerraSAR-X Calibration Results

Author

Schwerdt, M. ; Bräutigam, B. ; Bachmann, M. ; Döring, B. ; Schrank, D. ; Gonzalez, J. Hueso

Author_Institution

Microwave & Radar Inst. of the German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

TerraSAR-X is a satellite mission for scientific and commercial applications operating a highly flexible X-band SAR instrument with a multitude of different operation modes. As product quality is of crucial importance, the success or failure of the mission depends essentially on the method of calibrating TerraSAR-X in an efficient way during commissioning the entire system in a restricted time. Only then, product quality and the correct operation of the SAR system can be ensured. The paper describes the method of calibrating TerraSAR-X and final results derived from all calibration procedures.

Keywords

calibration; geophysical techniques; synthetic aperture radar; TerraSAR-X calibration; X-band SAR instrument; commissioning; satellite mission; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Error correction; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Monitoring; Radar cross section; Radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar; Antenna Model; Calibration; TerraSAR-X;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778963

Filename

4778963