The NASA DC-8 AIRSAR instrument was augmented with a pair of C-band antennas displaced across track to form an interferometer sensitive to topographic variations of the Earth's surface. The antennas were developed by the Italian consortium Co.Ri.S.T.A., under contract to the Italian Space Agency (ASI), while the AIRSAR instrument and modifications to it supporting TOPSAR were sponsored by NASA. A new data processor was developed at JPL for producing the topographic maps, and a second processor was developed at Co.Ri.S.T.A. All the results presented below were processed at JPL. During the 1991 DC-8 flight campaign, data were acquired over several sites in the United States and Europe, and topographic maps were produced from several of these flight lines. Analysis of the results indicate that statistical errors are in the 2-3 m range for flat terrain and in the 4-5 m range for mountainous areas.


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    Title :

    TOPSAR Interferometric Radar Topographic Mapping Instrument


    Contributors:
    H. A. Zebker (author) / S. N. Madsen (author) / J. Martin (author) / G. Alberti (author) / S. Vetrella (author)

    Publication date :

    1992


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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