Theoretical Model of SAR Altimeter over Water Surfaces

Author

Martin-Puig, Cristina ; Ruffini, Giulio ; Marquez, Jose ; Cotton, David ; Srokosz, Meric ; Challenor, Peter ; Raney, Keith ; Benveniste, Jé rôme

Author_Institution

Starlab Barcelona S.L., Barcelona

Volume

3

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

This paper provides a brief overview of the objectives and methodology of the ESA funded project SAMOSA: "Development of SAR Altimetry Studies and Applications over Ocean, Coastal zones and Inland waters", and mainly concentrates on the development of a theoretical model for the mean return echo from a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) altimeter (also know as a delay doppler altimeter or DDA) observations over water surfaces, in the same spirit set by conventional altimeters.

Keywords

altimeters; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; SAMOSA; SAR Altimetry Studies and Applications over Ocean, Coastal zones and Inland waters; SAR altimeter; delay Doppler altimeter; mean return echo; synthetic aperture radar; water surfaces; Altimetry; Delay; Geometry; Light scattering; Oceans; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface topography; Synthetic aperture radar; Delay/Doppler Altimeter; SAMOSA; waveform model;

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.2008.4779328

Filename

4779328