• DocumentCode
    340088
  • Title

    A Ku-band altimeter for improved estimation of electromagnetic bias in radar altimetry

  • Author

    Crockett, Don E. ; Arnold, David V. ; Jensen, Michael A.

  • Author_Institution
    MERS Lab., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    452
  • Abstract
    A Ku-band altimeter has been designed and is currently being constructed. Tower and airplane measurements will be taken from the system. The data from this instrument will be used for improvement in electromagnetic (EM) bias estimation. This paper presents a description of the hardware for the altimeter and the experiment to be performed. This instrument will be used in all experiments in support of the upcoming NASA/CNES JASON-1 mission
  • Keywords
    ocean waves; radar altimetry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; 13 GHz; EM bias estimation improvement; Ku-band altimeter; NASA/CNES JASON-1 mission; airplane measurements; hardware; radar altimetry; tower measurements; Aircraft; Airplanes; Altimetry; Chirp modulation; Frequency modulation; Instruments; Poles and towers; Radar; Sea measurements; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • 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.1999.773530
  • Filename
    773530