The proposed mission requirements and a proposed experimental program for satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system named FIREX (Free-Flying Imaging Radar Experiment) for nonrenewable resources is described. The recommended spacecraft minimum SAR system is a C-band imager operating in four modes: (1) low look angle HH-polarized; (2) intermediate look angle, HH-polarized; (3) intermediate look angle, IIV-polarized; and (4) high look angle HH-polarized. This SAR system is complementary to other future spaceborne imagers such as the Thematic Mapper on LANDSAT-D. A near term aircraft SAR based research program is outlined which addresses specific mission design issues such as preferred incidence angles or polarizations for geologic targets of interest.


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    Titel :

    FIREX Mission Requirements Document for Nonrenewable Resources


    Beteiligte:
    T. Dixon (Autor:in) / F. Carsey (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1982


    Format / Umfang :

    89 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch