Topographic performance evaluation of the RADARSAT-2/3 tandem mission

Author

Caves, Ron ; Luscombe, Anthony P. ; Lee, Pok F. ; James, Kenneth

Author_Institution

MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd., Richmond, BC, Canada

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

961

Abstract

The Canadian Space Agency and MacDonald Dettwiler are jointly defining the mission capabilities and the operational performance of a RADARSAT-2/3 tandem interferometric mission. This paper evaluates the expected topographic performance of the mission. This includes a description of the interferometric beam mode, an analysis of suitable baselines and how to achieve them in orbit, and a presentation of relative height accuracy results based on these orbits. Both bistatic and monostatic operation are considered.

Keywords

radiowave interferometers; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; Canadian Space Agency; MacDonald Dettwiler; RADARSAT-2/3 tandem interferometric mission; baselines; bistatic operation; interferometric beam mode; mission capabilities; monostatic operation; operational performance; orbits; relative height accuracy; topographic performance evaluation; Bandwidth; Business; Cloning; Phase noise; Satellites; Signal to noise ratio; Space missions; Spaceborne radar; Surface fitting; Surface topography;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1025743

Filename

1025743