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Pre-Flight SAOCOM-1A SAR Performance Assessment by Outdoor Campaign.
- Source :
- Remote Sensing; Jul2017, Vol. 9 Issue 7, p729, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- In the present paper, we describe the design, execution, and the results of an outdoor experimental campaign involving the Engineering Model of the first of the two Argentinean L-band Synthetic Aperture Radars (SARs) of the Satélite Argentino de Observación con Microondas (SAOCOM) mission, SAOCOM-1A. The experiment's main objectives were to test the end-to-end SAR operation and to assess the instrument amplitude and phase stability as well as the far-field antenna pattern, through the illumination of a moving target placed several kilometers away from the SAR. The campaign was carried out in Bariloche, Argentina, during June 2016. The experiment was successful, demonstrating an end-to-end readiness of the SAOCOM-SAR functionality in realistic conditions. The results showed an excellent SAR signal quality in terms of amplitude and phase stability [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SYNTHETIC aperture radar
AMPLITUDE modulation
LIGHTING
IMAGING systems
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20724292
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Remote Sensing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124338552
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9070729