SodSAR: A Tower-Based 1–10 GHz SAR System for Snow, Soil and Vegetation Studies

• Published in: Sensors
• Main Authors: Jorge Jorge Ruiz, Risto Vehmas, Juha Lemmetyinen, Josu Uusitalo, Janne Lahtinen, Kari Lehtinen, Anna Kontu, Kimmo Rautiainen, Riku Tarvainen, Jouni Pulliainen, Jaan Praks
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: SodSAR; synthetic aperture radar; insar; boreal forest; vector network analyzer; scatterometer; Chemical technology; TP1-1185; Arctic; Sodankylä
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/s20226702; https://doaj.org/article/7958e0d152a3411eaee7cf0f1436eb16

We introduce SodSAR, a fully polarimetric tower-based wide frequency (1–10 GHz) range Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) aimed at snow, soil and vegetation studies. The instrument is located in the Arctic Space Centre of the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Sodankylä, Finland. The system is based on...