| Title | The RADARSAT-1 imaging performance, 14 years after launch, and independent report on RADARSAT-2 image quality |
| |
| Author | Srivastava, S; Cote, S; Muir, S; Hawkins, R |
| Source | IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium proceedings 5650129, 2010 p. 3458-3461, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650129 |
| Year | 2010 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20181566 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | geophysics; remote sensing |
| Program | Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Divsion |
| Released | 2010 07 01 |
| Abstract | This paper summarizes the calibration monitoring activities of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) executed under the RADARSAT Program. The performance history of the RADARSAT-1 SAR since its commissioning
in 1996 is reviewed, along with the calibration systems and methodologies used, in the context of the mission's thirteen-year calibration history. Independent image quality measurements for the privately-owned RADARSAT-2, launched in 2008, are also
presented. It is shown that the calibration parameters of the RADARSAT-1 SAR have consistently been maintained within the mission's design goals and specifications, mostly thanks to payload stability and timely recalibrations performed using the
calibration ground equipment. For RADARSAT-2, CSA's measurements report outstanding image quality levels. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 311921 |
|
|