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

• Published in: Sensors
• Main Authors: Jorge Ruiz, Jorge, Vehmas, Risto, Lemmetyinen, Juha, Uusitalo, Josu, Lahtinen, Janne, Lehtinen, Kari, Kontu, Anna, Rautiainen, Kimmo, Tarvainen, Riku, Pulliainen, Jouni, Praks, Jaan
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Sodankylä
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7700607/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33238544; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20226702

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...