Field experiments synchronous with SRTM flights

Author

Rao, K.S. ; Rao, Y.S. ; Jayanand, D. ; Prithviraj, M.

Author_Institution

Centre of Studies in Resources Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Mumbai, India

Volume

7

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3071

Abstract

A national coordinated program was evolved to utilise SRTM data for applications to Earth sciences, hydrology and technology development. The project was sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. Fourteen test sites covering the above themes spread all over India were selected for conducting synchronous field experiments. About 52 corner reflectors (CR) were fabricated with two sizes (1.2 meters and 1.6 meters shortest length) and installed in the fields by the respective groups according to the installation parameters given by DLR, Germany. The CRs and GPS data will be useful for calibration of the SAR system and validation of DEM products. This paper gives the details of the field campaign

Keywords

radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; DEM products; India; SAR system; SRTM Flights; Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission; corner reflectors; validation; Calibration; Chromium; Geoscience; Global Positioning System; Government; Hydrology; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.978258

Filename

978258