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Entry: C-SAR - showing version 3

URI: https://terra-vocabulary.org/ncl/FAIR-Incubator/earthsciencesensors/c_ad89b099

The C-SAR instrument is an active phased array antenna providing fast scanning in elevation (to cover the large range of incidence angle and to support ScanSAR operation) and in azimuth (to allow use of TOPS technique to meet the required image performance). To meet the polarisation requirements, it has dual channel transmit and receive modules and H/V-polarised pairs of slotted waveguides. It has an internal calibration scheme, where transmit signals are routed into the receiver to allow monitoring of amplitude/phase to facilitate high radiometric stability. SENTINEL-1's metallised carbon-fibre-reinforced-plastic radiating waveguides ensure good radiometric stability even though these elements are not covered by the internal calibration scheme. The digital chirp generator and selectable receive filter bandwidths allow efficient use of on-board storage considering the ground range resolution dependence on incidence angle.

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is a Concept | Sensor
changed on 1 Dec 2023 10:43:54.341
submitted byViqui Agazzi
accepted on 29 Sep 2022 09:14:26.556

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date accepted 29 Sep 2022 09:14:26.556
date submitted 29 Sep 2022 09:11:15.067
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item class Concept | Sensor
label C-SAR
modified 1 Dec 2023 10:43:54.341
notation c_ad89b099
register earthsciencesensors
status status experimental
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account name victoria.agazzi@teledetection.fr
name Viqui Agazzi

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alt label C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
broader Imaging Radars
definition The C-SAR instrument is an active phased array antenna providing fast scanning in elevation (to cover the large range of incidence angle and to support ScanSAR operation) and in azimuth (to allow use of TOPS technique to meet the required image performance). To meet the polarisation requirements, it has dual channel transmit and receive modules and H/V-polarised pairs of slotted waveguides. It has an internal calibration scheme, where transmit signals are routed into the receiver to allow monitoring of amplitude/phase to facilitate high radiometric stability. SENTINEL-1's metallised carbon-fibre-reinforced-plastic radiating waveguides ensure good radiometric stability even though these elements are not covered by the internal calibration scheme. The digital chirp generator and selectable receive filter bandwidths allow efficient use of on-board storage considering the ground range resolution dependence on incidence angle.
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label C-SAR
pref label C-SAR
type Concept | Sensor