Title :
Shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM): experience with the X-band SAR interferometer
Author_Institution :
Microwaves & Radar Inst., German Aerosp. Center, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Abstract :
The X-SAR single pass SAR interferometer as part of the Shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM), its measuring principle and configuration, as well as the operation of the system during the mission in February 2000 is shortly described. The experience with the system was, that it was well designed and manufactured, it had very good monitoring capabilities and its performance was excellent and the preliminary results are very promising. The calibration activities post mission deal with the Shuttle and mast motions which as well as the phase errors due to temperature variation have to be compensated
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave interferometers; error compensation; geophysical equipment; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; topography (Earth); February 2000 mission; SRTM; Shuttle motions; Space Shuttle radar topography mission; X-SAR; X-band single pass SAR interferometer; mast motions; measuring principles; monitoring capabilities; phase error compensation; post mission calibration activities; preliminary results; system configuration; system operation; system performance; temperature variations; Aerospace electronics; Instruments; Monitoring; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Receiving antennas; Space shuttles; Spaceborne radar; Surfaces; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Radar, 2001 CIE International Conference on, Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7000-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICR.2001.984798
