RADARSAT-1 AND -2 government calibration activities

Author

Cote, Stephane ; Srivastava, Satish ; Muir, Stephanie ; Hawkins, Robert ; Lukowski, Tom

Author_Institution

Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, QC, Canada

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

12-17 July 2009

Abstract

This paper examines the calibration activities assumed by the Canadian government within the RADARSAT program, from RADARSAT-1 commissioning in 1996 to the current period, more than one year into the RADARSAT-2 mission. Concepts, operations and results of the RADARSAT-1 calibration plan are reviewed, including the eleven-year image quality measurement history. Government calibration monitoring activities and results for RADARSAT-2 are also presented, indicating that image quality and calibration measurements are better that the specifications.

Keywords

calibration; geophysical techniques; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1996; RADARSAT-1 mission; RADARSAT-2 mission; SAR; calibration measurements; eleven-year image quality measurement; government calibration activities; radiometry; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Government; History; Image quality; Radiometry; Remote monitoring; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Space technology; RADARSAT; SAR; calibration; quality; radiometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3394-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3395-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5418241

Filename

5418241