ASAR calibration performance: a review after four years of operation

Conference: EUSAR 2006 - 6th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
05/16/2006 - 05/18/2006 at Dresden, Germany

Proceedings: EUSAR 2006

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Rosich, B. (European Space Agency, ESA-ESRIN, Italy)
Torres, R.; Navas, I. (European Space Agency, ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands)
Monti-Guarnieri, A. (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Meadows, P. J. (BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Technology Centre, UK)

Abstract:
This paper is focused on the implemented ASAR calibration strategy, at instrument and at ground segment level. It reviews the main difficulties encountered in the end-to-end calibration process and derives some conclusions for future missions.