Development of the EcoSAR P-band synthetic aperture radar

Author

Rincon, R.F. ; Fatoyinbo, T. ; Ranson, K.J. ; Sun, G. ; Deshpande, M. ; Hale, R.D. ; Bhat, A. ; Perrine, M. ; Du Toit, C.F. ; Bonds, Q. ; Marrero, V. ; James, P.

Author_Institution

Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

4505

Lastpage

4508

Abstract

This paper describes objectives and recent progress on the development of the EcoSAR, a new P-band airborne radar instrument being developed at the NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for the polarimetric and interferometric measurements of ecosystem structure and biomass. These measurements support science requirements for the study of the carbon cycle and its relationship to climate change. The instrument is scheduled to be completed and flight tested in 2013.

Keywords

aerospace testing; airborne radar; ecology; radar interferometry; radar polarimetry; synthetic aperture radar; EcoSAR P-band synthetic aperture radar; GSFC; Goddard Space Flight Center; NASA; P-band airborne radar instrument; biomass; carbon cycle; climate change; ecosystem structure; flight testing; interferometric measurement; polarimetric measurement; science requirement; Aerospace electronics; Array signal processing; Arrays; Bandwidth; Biomass; Carbon; Synthetic aperture radar; Digital Beamforming; Interferometry; SAR;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350469

Filename

6350469