DocumentCode
920679
Title
SAR programmes in JAXA: from JERS-1 to the future
Author
Shimada, M.
Author_Institution
Applic. Center, Japan Aerosp. Exploration Agency, Chuo-Ku Tokyo, Japan
Volume
153
Issue
2
fYear
2006
fDate
4/13/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
122
Lastpage
128
Abstract
The author introduces the status of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency´s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) programmes and their scientific returns from the last 20 years of activity. The Earth observation programme was started using active microwave sensors in the early 1990s. Spaceborne SAR aboard Japanese Earth Resource´s Satellite-1 (JERS-1) was the pathfinder, and airborne polarimetric and interferometric SAR followed. The Advanced Land Observing Satellite will be launched to carry PALSAR as a follow-up high-resolution, high-performance SAR.
Keywords
airborne radar; electromagnetic wave interferometry; microwave detectors; radar polarimetry; radar resolution; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Earth observation program; JAXA; JERS-1; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1; PALSAR; active microwave sensor; advanced land observing satellite; airborne polarimetric radar; follow-up high-resolution; interferometric SAR; pathfinder; spaceborne SAR program; synthetic aperture radar;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Radar, Sonar and Navigation, IEE Proceedings -
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1350-2395
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/ip-rsn:20045125
Filename
1626080
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