SAR evolution and user needs in the post-Envisat time frame

Author

Duchossois, G. ; Bruzzi, S.

Author_Institution

Eur. Space Agency, Paris, France

Volume

3

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1831

Abstract

The ENVISAT-1 mission should extend its operational lifetime to 2003-2004, completing nearly 15 years of continuous availability of data from spaceborne synthetic aperture radars. This paper intends to review the perspectives, in terms of sensor characteristics, operating strategy, synergic options and user requirements, for the following generation of such instruments from two points of view: a) the need to continue to support Earth science research in the microwave domain; b) the need to ensure data continuity for those operational applications which have been proven in the course of the previous missions and which rely on the continuous availability of SAR data, among others

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; radar equipment; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2003 to 2018; SAR imaging; geophysical measurement technique; instrument; land surface; microwave; operating strategy; satellite remote sensing; sensor characteristics; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; user needs; user requirements; Character generation; Image segmentation; Instruments; Microwave generation; Microwave sensors; Remote monitoring; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Space missions; Spaceborne radar; Weather forecasting;

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.1995.524040

Filename

524040