DocumentCode :
1399707
Title :
Improved sea state monitoring using two-mode radar altimeter
Author :
Sun, Y. ; Hodgart, S. ; Sweeting, M.N.
Author_Institution :
Space Centre, Surrey Univ., Guildford, UK
Volume :
36
Issue :
21
fYear :
2000
fDate :
10/12/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
1813
Lastpage :
1815
Abstract :
A two-mode radar altimeter on board a cost-effective microsatellite is proposed for sea state monitoring. The new additional low resolution mode is used to achieve improved normalised radar cross-section σ0 measurement with the antenna having an off-nadir look angle up to 0.5°
Keywords :
ocean waves; cost-effective microsatellite; low resolution mode; normalised RCS measurement; offnadir look angle; radar cross-section measurement; sea state monitoring; two-mode radar altimeter;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
0013-5194
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/el:20001250
Filename :
878654
Link To Document :
https://search.ricest.ac.ir/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1399707
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