The Space Shuttle Challenger was maneuvered into an SAR data-acquisition mode to capture a SIR-B scene of Hurricane Josephine, which presented itself as an unscheduled target of opportunity during NASA Mission 41-G during October 1984. Steeply sloped seas approaching 10 m in height were observed several hundred km in advance of the hurricane track. Mission attitude data indicate that the Shuttle pitch, roll, and yaw were unstable during the data take. The statistical clutterlock used by the ground SAR processor yields a Doppler frequency estimate that tracks the Shuttle yaw variation but is ambiguous with a single discontinuity equal to one multiple of the radar pulse repetition frequency. The SIR-B signal data have been compressed under several Doppler parameterizations to investigate the ambiguity of the clutterlock. Resultant ocean images are analyzed for their contrast and resolution properties.


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    Title :

    The influence of platform attitude dynamics on the Doppler frequency synthesis of SIR-B ocean data near Hurricane Josephine


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    Publication date :

    1989-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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