Title :
Poseidon 2 radar altimeter design and in flight preliminary performances
Author :
Carayon, G. ; Steunou, N. ; Courrière, J-L ; Thibaut, P.
Author_Institution :
Centre Nat. d´´Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France
Abstract :
Poseidon 2 is the dual frequency, solid state radar altimeter embarked on the CNES/NASA oceanographic satellite JASON 1. This paper gives a brief sum up of the instrument design and some preliminary in flight performances.
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; radar altimetry; radioaltimeters; spaceborne radar; 100 MHz; 13.575 GHz; 2060 Hz; 320 MHz; 5.3 GHz; C-band; CNES/NASA oceanographic satellite; JASON 1; Ku-band; Poseidon 2 radar altimeter design; dual frequency solid state radar altimeter; in-flight preliminary performances; instrument design; Instruments; NASA; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Radar antennas; Radio frequency; Signal processing; Solid state circuits; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025682
