Title :
Development of the EcoSAR P-band synthetic aperture radar
Author :
Rincon, R.F. ; Fatoyinbo, T. ; Ranson, K.J. ; Sun, G. ; Deshpande, M. ; Hale, R.D. ; Bhat, A. ; Perrine, M. ; Du Toit, C.F. ; Bonds, Q. ; Marrero, V. ; James, P.
Author_Institution :
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes objectives and recent progress on the development of the EcoSAR, a new P-band airborne radar instrument being developed at the NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for the polarimetric and interferometric measurements of ecosystem structure and biomass. These measurements support science requirements for the study of the carbon cycle and its relationship to climate change. The instrument is scheduled to be completed and flight tested in 2013.
Keywords :
aerospace testing; airborne radar; ecology; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; EcoSAR P-band synthetic aperture radar; GSFC; Goddard Space Flight Center; NASA; P-band airborne radar instrument; biomass; carbon cycle; climate change; ecosystem structure; flight testing; interferometric measurement; polarimetric measurement; science requirement; Aerospace electronics; Array signal processing; Arrays; Bandwidth; Biomass; Carbon; Synthetic aperture radar; Digital Beamforming; Interferometry; SAR;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350469
