| Title | Radarsat calibration operations at the Canadian space agency: Maintaining radarsat-1 performance and preparations for radarsat-2 |
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| Author | Cote, S J; Srivastava, S K; Hawkins, R K; Le Dantec, P |
| Source | IET Conference Publications; no. 530 CP, 2007., https://doi.org/10.1049/cp:20070483 |
| Year | 2007 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20181079 |
| Publisher | IEE |
| Document | book |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | geophysics; remote sensing |
| Program | Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Divsion |
| Released | 2007 01 01 |
| Abstract | This paper describes the image quality control activities performed at the Canadian Space Agency on RADARSAT-1, and presents the preparations for calibration support activities for RADARSAT-2.
Radiometric calibration and image quality performance of the RADARSAT-1 SAR is monitored routinely since its commissioning in 1996, based on imagery of the Amazon and of Precision Transponders. Antenna elevation beam patterns and SAR impulse response
are still maintained within initial design goals after more than 11 years. Efforts have now been undertaken for the provision of complementary validation data to support the RADARSAT-2 calibration, maintained by MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd
(MDA). |
| GEOSCAN ID | 311433 |
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