Wide-Swath Ocean Topography using Formation Flying Under Squinted Geometries: The Harmony Mission Case

Autor:	Paco Lopez-Dekker, Andreas Theodosiou, Marcel Kleinherenbrink
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Synthetic aperture radar Interferometry Ocean surface topography Line-of-sight Baseline (sea) Interferometric synthetic aperture radar Satellite Sea-surface height Geology Remote sensing
Zdroj:	IGARSS
DOI:	10.1109/igarss47720.2021.9554076
Popis:	Ocean topography using SAR interferometry requires coherent observations of the sea surface. To observe the surface coherently, the along-track baseline between observations of the same scene must be kept to a minimum. Minimising the along-track baseline while maintaining a cross-track baseline that allows good sensitivity to relative surface height is difficult to achieve in satellite missions. This paper shows how a squinted line of sight allows single-pass cross-track interferometry with a wide swath over oceans. The Harmony candidate mission will have a formation that uses such an acquisition geometry to coherently observe the oceans.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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