The design of China spaceborne radar altimeter control system

Author

Xu, Ke ; Jiang, Jingshan ; Liu, Heguang

Author_Institution

Nat. Microwave Remote Sensing Lab., Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China

Volume

6

fYear

2002

fDate

24-28 June 2002

Firstpage

3652

Abstract

The control system plays a key role in the spaceborne radar altimeter, such as it should implement track function to provide the height from the satellite to the sea surface, the significant wave height (SWH) and the backscatter coefficient. In this paper, the design of the China spaceborne radar altimeter control system (RACS), which is one part of Multi-mode Microwave Remote Sensor (M³RS), is discussed in detail. RACS can realize the function of noise-bias measurement, inner calibration, return wave acquisition-track process, and data transfer. A new algorithm to implement the IF simulation signal is brought forward, and an IF simulator is developed to test RACS. RACS is also successfully tested in the airborne flight experiment.

Keywords

control systems; oceanographic equipment; radar altimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; China spaceborne radar altimeter control system; IF simulation signal; M³RS; Multi-mode Microwave Remote Sensor; RACS; SWH; backscatter coefficient; data transfer; inner calibration; noise-bias measurement; radar altimeter control system; return wave acquisition-track process; significant wave height; track function; Backscatter; Control systems; Radar tracking; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface waves; Testing;

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.2002.1027280

Filename

1027280