• DocumentCode
    483917
  • Title

    System design and performance simulation of a spaceborne Ku-band rotation fan-beam scatterometer

  • Author

    Dong, Xiaolong ; Lin, Wenning

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., CAS, Beijing
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    7-11 July 2008
  • Abstract
    A spaceborne Ku-band rotation fan-beam scatterometer (RFSCAT) for sea surface wind field measurement is introduced. The system will be operated in Ku-band frequency so that the dimension of its antenna can be shortened enough for a small satellite platform. Then a simulation method is adopted to analyze the performance of this system. The results show that the proposed scatterometer has a good performance in wind retrieval.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric measuring apparatus; remote sensing by radar; wind; RFSCAT; sea surface wind field measurement; spaceborne Ku-band rotation fan-beam scatterometer; Analytical models; Antenna measurements; Frequency; Performance analysis; Radar measurements; Rotation measurement; Satellite antennas; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; rotating fan beam scatterometer; simulation; wind retrieval;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2807-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2808-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778867
  • Filename
    4778867