The ENVISAT-1 Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar processor and data products

Author

Desnos, Yves-Louis ; Laur, H. ; Lim, P. ; Meisl, P. ; Gach, T.

Author_Institution

Eur. Space Res. & Technol. Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1683

Abstract

An Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar operating at C-band (5.331 GHz) has been selected for the Envisat-1 payload ensuring continuity of ERS SAR and featuring enhanced capability in terms of coverage, range of incidence angles, polarisations, 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 requirements. Finally the newly developed ENVISAT ASAR wave mode product is introduced

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; ASAR Ground Processor; Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar; C-band; ENVISAT; ENVISAT-1; SAR; SHF; data products; geophysical measurement technique; image processing algorithm; land surface; processor; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; satellite remote sensing; terrain mapping; Aerospace industry; Antenna arrays; Image quality; Image resolution; Instruments; Payloads; Polarization; Stripline; Synthetic aperture radar; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.772060

Filename

772060