PALSAR Characterization and Initial Calibration

Author

Shimada, Masanobu ; Watanabe, Manabu ; Moriyama, Toshifumi ; Tadono, Takeo

Author_Institution

Earth Obs. Res. & Applic. Center (EORC), Japan Aerosp. & Exploration Agency, Tokyo

fYear

2006

fDate

July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006

Firstpage

332

Lastpage

335

Abstract

This paper describes the initial results of the PALSAR characterization using the data acquired in the commissioning phase for the five modes of FBS, FBD, DSN, SCANSAR and POL, and using the active radar calibrator deployed at the calibration site in Japan. This paper also describes the radiometric and geometric performances of the PALSAR images shortly. This paper will end up with the parameters which should be evaluated and determined within the calibration phase.

Keywords

data acquisition; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; Japan; PALSAR characterization; Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar; ScanSAR; active radar calibrator; calibration site; commissioning phase; data acquisition; direct transmission; fine beam dual; fine beam single; geometric performance; polarimetry; radiometric performance; Antenna measurements; Azimuth; Calibration; Chirp; Image quality; Phase measurement; Polarimetry; Radiometry; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9510-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2006.90

Filename

4241237