Title :
Potentials and Limitations of Moon-Borne SAR Imaging
Author :
Fornaro, Gianfranco ; Franceschetti, Giorgio ; Lombardini, Fabrizio ; Mori, Alessandro ; Calamia, Mario
Author_Institution :
Consiglio Naz. delle Ric., Ist. per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell´´Ambiente, Naples, Italy
fDate :
7/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Moon exploitation is among the next space mission priorities. Earth observation (EO), which is traditionally implemented on artificial lower Earth orbit satellites, can be, in principle, extended to the platform constituted by the natural Earth satellite. With this regard, we investigate the features related to the EO by a possible Moon-borne synthetic aperture radar system in terms of imaging characteristics and potential applications, as well as of expected limitations.
Keywords :
Moon; artificial satellites; radar interferometry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Earth observation; Moon-borne SAR imaging; artificial Earth orbit satellites; interferometry; natural Earth satellite; synthetic aperture radar system; Interferometry; Moon; synthetic aperture radar (SAR);
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2010.2041463
