Performance status of the wave scatterometer SWIM

Author

Tison, C. ; Amiot, T. ; Enjolras, V. ; Hauser, D. ; Rey, L. ; Souyris, J.C. ; Castillan, P.

Author_Institution

CNES, Toulouse, France

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

4170

Lastpage

4173

Abstract

SWIM is a Ku-band radar designed for wave directional spectrum estimation. This radar operates at six incidence angles (from 0° to 10°) with a complete azimuth scanning covering a swath of 180 km. The phase B (addressing preliminary design) of SWIM is currently under finalization. In, the preliminary design and associated performance analysis have been published taking into account the first results of Phase B design. This paper is focused on the last performance assessment of this phase B for all the measurements performed by the SWIM instrument.

Keywords

directive antennas; electromagnetic wave scattering; oceanographic equipment; Ku-band radar; SWIM instrument; addressing preliminary design; azimuth scanning; phase B design; surface waves investigation; surface waves monitoring; wave directional spectrum estimation; wave scatterometer; Accuracy; Estimation; Instruments; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; CFOSAT; SWIM; Wave spectrum; end-to-end simulation; performance; radar; wave height;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649168

Filename

5649168