The new dual frequency (C- and L-band) TOPSAR airborne interferometric SAR

Author

Van Zyl, Jakob J. ; Zebker, Howard A. ; Hensley, Scott ; Haub, David ; Wiesbeck, Wemer

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

2270

Abstract

Describes the implementation and initial results of the new NASA/JPL dual frequency C- and L-band interferometric SAR. The AIRSAR/TOPSAR system has been reconfigured to enable the simultaneous collection of C- and L-band interferometric radar data. This allows the quantitative study of penetration characteristics of various Earth terrain types in addition to producing digital elevation data

Keywords

airborne radar; geophysical techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; AIRSAR/TOPSAR; C-band; EHF; JPL; L-band; NASA; SAR imaging; SHF; TOPSAR airborne interferometric SAR; airborne remote sensing; dual frequency method; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; microwave radar; millimetric radar; mm wave; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Antenna feeds; Digital elevation models; Frequency; Ice surface; Instruments; L-band; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; NASA; Surface topography;

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.1995.524168

Filename

524168