Tandem-L Instrument Design and SAR Performance Overview

Tandem-L is a proposal for an innovative interferometric radar mission to monitor the Earth system and its intricate dynamics. Important mission objectives are global inventories of forest height and above-ground biomass, largescale measurements of Earth surface deformations due to plate tectonics,...

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Published in:2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Main Authors: Younis, Marwan, Huber, Sigurd, Tienda Herrero, Carolina, Krieger, Gerhard, Moreira, Alberto, Uematsu, Akihisa, Sudo, Yasuo, Nakamura, Ryoko, Chishiki, Yoshikazu, Shimada, Masanobu
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2014
Subjects:
Radarkonzepte
Sea ice
Online Access:https://elib.dlr.de/89445/
https://elib.dlr.de/89445/1/Paper_IGARSS_Younis_v1.pdf
http://www.igarss14.org
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Summary:Tandem-L is a proposal for an innovative interferometric radar mission to monitor the Earth system and its intricate dynamics. Important mission objectives are global inventories of forest height and above-ground biomass, largescale measurements of Earth surface deformations due to plate tectonics, erosion and anthropogenic activities, observations of glacier movements and 3-D structure changes in land and sea ice, and the monitoring of ocean surface currents. The mission concept is based on co-flying two fully-polarimetric L-band SAR satellites in a close formation. Tandem-L employs new techniques and advanced technologies to achieve its ambitious mission goals. The feasibility of a joint DLR/JAXA mission is currently being investigated in the scope of a pre-phase A study.

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