Title :
An assessment of the Ka band interferometric radar altimeter for monitoring rivers and lakes with the WatER mission
Author :
Enjolras, Vivien ; Rodriguez, Ernesto
Author_Institution :
Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse
Abstract :
The Water Elevation Recovery (WatER) satellite mission was recently proposed and supported by a large international scientific community. It is dedicated to the determination of land surface water extent, elevation and slope, and also ocean mesoscale and submesoscale phenomena, using a Ka band Radar Interferometer (KaRIN) as its primary instrument. This instrument is able to provide the appropriate space-time sampling required to observe full signatures of the parameters characterizing these phenomena. However, determining these parameters to the accuracy desired for hydrologic applications is challenging.
Keywords :
lakes; radar altimetry; radar interferometry; rivers; Ka band Interferometric Radar Altimeter; KaRIN; WatER Mission; Water Elevation Recovery satellite mission; hydrologic applications; lakes Monitoring; land surface water; ocean mesoscale phenomena; oceanic submesoscale phenomena; rivers monitoring; space-time sampling; Instruments; Lakes; Land surface; Monitoring; Oceans; Rivers; Sampling methods; Satellites; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; altimetry; hydrology; interferometry; radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423606
