SIR-C/X-SAR observations of soil moisture over the CCRS Altona, Manitoba test site

Author

Pultz, T.J. ; Brown, R.J. ; Gwyn, H. ; Boisvert, J. ; Crevier, Y. ; Protz, R.

Author_Institution

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

990

Abstract

Since the late 1970s a variety of satellite missions have used imaging radar to study the Earth. The joint U.S./German/Italian Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) is the next step in that program. SIR-C/X-SAR flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in April and October 1994 as part of the Space Radar Laboratory (SRL). This paper describes the SIR-C/X-SAR data acquisition over the CCRS Altona, Manitoba test site. In addition to the SIR-C instrument, data were also acquired by the JPL AIRSAR operating at C-, L-and P-Band and the CCRS CV-580 operating at C- and X-Band

Keywords

backscatter; geophysical techniques; hydrological techniques; moisture measurement; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; soil; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; CCRS Altona; Canada; Manitoba test site; SAR observations; SHF; SIR; SIR-C; SRL; Space Radar Laboratory; Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C; X-SAR; X-band; geophysical measurement technique; hydrology; land surface backscatter; microwave radar remote sensing; radar scattering; soil moisture; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping radiowave reflection; water content; Data acquisition; Earth; Laboratories; Radar imaging; Satellites; Soil moisture; Space shuttles; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521117

Filename

521117