The ENVISAT advanced synthetic aperture radar system

Author

Desnos, Yves-Louis ; Buck, C. ; Guijarro, J. ; Levrini, G. ; Suchail, J.-L. ; Torres, R. ; Laur, H. ; Closa, J. ; Rosich, B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Earth Obs., ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1171

Abstract

The European Space Agency has selected an advanced synthetic aperture radar operating at C-band (5.331 GHz) as a payload for the forthcoming ENVISAT mission. The sensor ensures continuity of ERS SAR and features enhanced capability in terms of coverage, range of incidence angles, polarisations and modes of operation. This paper presents the key features of the ENVISAT ASAR system. The ASAR instrument modes of operation are discussed. The ASAR Ground Processor is presented highlighting the concepts for its development and the performance achieved versus the ESA specifications. The selection of processing algorithm for each product is discussed based on the image quality requirements and the throughput

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; 5.331 GHz; ASAR; C-band; ENVISAT; ESA; European Space Agency; Ground Processor; SAR; SHF; advanced synthetic aperture radar system; equipment; geophysical measurement technique; incidence angle; instrument; land surface; polarisation; processing algorithm; radar remote sensing; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Earth; Instruments; Payloads; Polarization; Pulse amplifiers; Radio frequency; Space missions; Synthetic aperture radar; Tiles; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858057

Filename

858057