Title :
PAZ instrument design and performance
Author :
González, Andrés Solana ; Labriola, Massimo ; Soteras, Josep Closa ; Palma, Javier Sánchez
Author_Institution :
EADS CASA Espacio, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
PAZ is a highly flexible X-band SAR Satellite which primary objective is global Earth Observation to serve the strategic needs of the Spanish Government within the National Earth Observation Programme. The satellite will be capable to provide high quality SAR images with a variety of sizes and resolution ranging from medium over wide regions up to very high resolution (e.g. meter and sub-meter). This paper describes the architecture, calibration and performance of the entire PAZ instrument.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; radar imaging; radar resolution; synthetic aperture radar; PAZ instrument design; PAZ instrument performance; SAR image; X-band SAR satellite; global Earth observation; resolution ranging; Antenna radiation patterns; Azimuth; Calibration; Instruments; Radar; Timing; PAZ; SAR; calibration; performance;
Conference_Titel :
Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR), 2011 3rd International Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1351-4
