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,...
Published in: | 2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Conference Object |
Language: | English |
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IEEE
2014
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Online Access: | https://elib.dlr.de/89445/ https://elib.dlr.de/89445/1/Paper_IGARSS_Younis_v1.pdf http://www.igarss14.org |
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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