Author/Authors :
Torres، نويسنده , , Ramon and Snoeij، نويسنده , , Paul and Geudtner، نويسنده , , Dirk and Bibby، نويسنده , , David F. Davidson، نويسنده , , Malcolm and Attema، نويسنده , , Evert and Potin، نويسنده , , Pierre and Rommen، نويسنده , , Bjضrn and Floury، نويسنده , , Nicolas and Brown، نويسنده , , Mike and Traver، نويسنده , , Ignacio Navas and Deghaye، نويسنده , , Patrick and Duesmann، نويسنده , , Berthyl and Rosich، نويسنده , , Betlem and Miranda، نويسنده , , Nuno and Bruno، نويسنده , , Claudio and LʹAbbate، نويسنده , , Michelangelo and Croci، نويسنده , , Renato and Pietropaolo، نويسنده , , Andrea and Huchler، نويسنده , , Markus and Rostan، نويسنده , , Friedhelm، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
In the frame of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Space Component programme, the European Space Agency (ESA) undertook the development of a European Radar Observatory (Sentinel-1), a polar orbiting two-satellite constellation for the continuation and improvement of SAR operational services and applications. Satellite and payload are being built to provide routine, day-and-night, all-weather medium (typically 10 m) resolution observation capability. Ground infrastructure is provided for planning, mission control, data processing, dissemination and archiving. Free and open data access is provided. Data quality of the Sentinel-1 data products is shown along with uncertainty estimation of retrieved information products confirming specified performance and indicating application growth potential. The unique data availability performance of the Sentinel-1 routine operations makes the mission particularly suitable for emergency response support, marine surveillance, ice monitoring and interferometric applications such as detection of subsidence and landslides.
Keywords :
C-band , Satellite , Remote sensing , CSAR , Space borne , GMES , Constellation
