Cassini observes the Earth with Ku-band radar and radiometry

Author

West, Richard D. ; Maghaddam, M. ; Johnson, William T K ; Janssen, Michael A. ; Hamilton, Gary A. ; Liepack, Otfrid G. ; Bunker, Anne ; Berkun, Andrew C. ; Roth, Ladislav E.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

298

Abstract

The authors discuss the passive and active Ku-band observations of the Earth made by the Cassini RADAR during its Earth swingby. The brightness temperature data show an abrupt transition at the ocean-land boundary, and more subtle details over South America. The backscatter data show a low wind region off the west coast of South America, consistent with QuikSCAT observations, followed by higher backscatter levels over the land area

Keywords

Saturn; geophysical techniques; oceanographic techniques; planetary satellites; planetary surfaces; radiometry; radiotelescopes; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; space vehicles; spaceborne radar; terrain mapping; 10.7 to 18 GHz; Cassini RADAR; Cassini radiometer; Earth; Ku-band; SHF; Saturn; South America; South Pacific; Titan; brightness temperature; land surface; microwave radiometry; ocean; planetary satellite; radar; radar astronomy; radar remote sensing; radioastronomy; radiotelescope; spacecraft; surface; terrain mapping; Antenna measurements; Backscatter; Calibration; Earth; Microwave radiometry; Propulsion; Radar; South America; Space vehicles; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860498

Filename

860498