Abstract
Germany has successfully launched a public-private partnership satellite mission, called TerraSAR-X, which uses X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to provide high-quality topographic information for commercial and scientific applications. The advanced high-resolution X-band SAR is designed for high resolution imaging and topographic mapping of land scenes, permitting current measurements in coastal waters and rivers at sub-kilometer resolution. The latest radar technology makes imaging possible by interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), which offers a high spatial resolution and the flexibility to acquire images from air or a space-borne platform. The measuring accuracy of space borne along-track interferometry (ATI) systems can be improved with respect to TerraSAR-X by an optimization of the along track antenna distance or a substantial reduction of the instrument noise level. TerraSAR-X is a pure ATI system with no cross-track antenna separation which facilitates the absolute calibration of measured currents.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 44-46 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Sea Technology |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| State | Published - Sep 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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High-resolution imaging of current fields from satellites. / Romeiser, Roland.
In: Sea Technology, Vol. 48, No. 9, 09.2007, p. 44-46.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AB - Germany has successfully launched a public-private partnership satellite mission, called TerraSAR-X, which uses X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to provide high-quality topographic information for commercial and scientific applications. The advanced high-resolution X-band SAR is designed for high resolution imaging and topographic mapping of land scenes, permitting current measurements in coastal waters and rivers at sub-kilometer resolution. The latest radar technology makes imaging possible by interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), which offers a high spatial resolution and the flexibility to acquire images from air or a space-borne platform. The measuring accuracy of space borne along-track interferometry (ATI) systems can be improved with respect to TerraSAR-X by an optimization of the along track antenna distance or a substantial reduction of the instrument noise level. TerraSAR-X is a pure ATI system with no cross-track antenna separation which facilitates the absolute calibration of measured currents.
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