Paper Info
Title
Development Of Asiras - (Airborne Sar Interferometric Altimeter System)
Abstract
ASIRAS is an airborne system designed for sea-ice and ice sheet monitoring. It has been developed by ESA under a Technology Research Program contract. The main sensor of this system is a high resolution Ku-band radar altimeter with 1GHz bandwidth. The observation concept is based on a scaled configuration of SIRAL sensor on board CryoSat. The principle of the measurements is based on a combination of ranging, SAR and Interferometric techniques. The development and the validation of ASIRAS are now completed. The system will be extensively used during the Calibration and Validation campaigns of CryoSat mission This paper describes the key design drivers and the main features of the system. The key operational parameters of the instrument are discussed, with particular focus on the link between the space-based and the airborne configuration. Finally, the performance of the instrument is presented, based on the results obtained from technical flights and a validation campaign.
Year
DOI
Venue
2004
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1369792
IGARSS 2004: IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS, VOLS 1-7: SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY: EXPLORING AND MANAGING A CHANGING PLANET
Keywords
Field
DocType
ice sheets,synthetic aperture radar,sea ice,system design,high resolution
Altimeter,Radar imaging,Side looking airborne radar,Computer science,Space-based radar,Synthetic aperture radar,Early-warning radar,Remote sensing,Radar altimeter,Radar lock-on
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2153-6996
4
0.65
References 
Authors
1
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Constantin Mavrocordatos14413.70
Evert Attema2113.01
Malcolm W. J. Davidson311813.35
Harald Lentz493.15
Uwe Nixdorf582.53