Title :
The ecosystems SAR (EcoSAR) an airborne P-band polarimetric InSAR for the measurement of vegetation structure, biomass and permafrost
Author :
Rincon, Rafael F. ; Fatoyinbo, Temilola ; Ranson, K. Jon ; Osmanoglu, Batuhan ; Guoqing Sun ; Deshpande, Manohar ; Perrine, Martin ; Toit, Cornelis Du ; Bonds, Quenton ; Beck, Johannes ; Lu, Dan
Author_Institution :
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
EcoSAR is a new synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument being developed at the NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for the polarimetric and interferometric measurements of ecosystem structure and biomass. The instrument uses a phased-array beamforming architecture and supports full polarimetric measurements and single pass interferometry. This Instrument development is part of NASA´s Earth Science Technology Office Instrument Incubator Program (ESTO IIP).
Keywords :
airborne radar; array signal processing; ecology; measurement systems; phased array radar; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; renewable energy sources; renewable materials; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation; ESTO IIP; EcoSAR; GSFC; NASA Earth Science Technology Office Instrument Incubator Program; NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center; airborne P-band polarimetric InSAR; biomass measurement; ecosystems SAR; interferometric measurement; permafrost measurement; phased-array beamforming architecture; polarimetric measurement; single pass interferometry; synthetic aperture radar; vegetation structure measurement; Aircraft; Antennas; Biomass; Carbon; Instruments; Meteorology; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Radar Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Cincinnati, OH
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2034-1
DOI :
10.1109/RADAR.2014.6875827
