Tandem-L: And innovative interferometric and polarimetric SAR mission to monitor earth system dynamics with high resolution

Author

Krieger, G. ; Hajnsek, I. ; Papathanassiou, K. ; Eineder, M. ; Younis, M. ; De Zan, F. ; Huber, S. ; Lopez-Dekker, P. ; Prats, P. ; Werner, M. ; Shen, Y. ; Freeman, A. ; Rosen, P. ; Hensley, S. ; Johnson, W. ; Veilleux, L. ; Grafmueller, B. ; Werninghaus,

Author_Institution

German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

253

Lastpage

256

Abstract

Tandem-L is a proposal for an innovative interferometric and polarimetric radar mission that enables the systematic monitoring of dynamic processes on the Earth surface. Important mission objectives are global forest height and biomass inventories, large scale measurements of millimetric displacements due to tectonic shifts, and systematic observations of glacier movements. The innovative mission concept and the high data acquisition capacity of Tandem-L provide a unique data source to observe, analyze and quantify the dynamics of a wide range of mutually interacting processes in the bio-, litho-, hydro- and cryosphere. By this, Tandem-L will be an essential step to advance our understanding of the Earth system and its intricate dynamics.

Keywords

data acquisition; geomorphology; geophysical equipment; glaciology; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; tectonics; Earth System dynamics; Earth surface; Tandem-L; biomass inventories; biosphere; cryosphere; data source; glacier movements; global forest height; high data acquisition capacity; hydrosphere; interferometric SAR mission; lithosphere; polarimetric SAR mission; tectonic shifts; Earth; Feeds; Monitoring; Radar imaging; Sea measurements; Systematics;

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.2010.5650322

Filename

5650322