The SIR-B science plan
Abstract
The Shuttle Imaging Radar-B (SIR-B) will be the third in a series of spaceborne SAR experiments conducted by NASA which began with the 1978 launch of SEASAT and continued with the 1981 launch of SIR-A. Like SEASAT and SIR-A, SIR-B will operate at L-band and will be horizontally polarized. However, SIR-B will allow digitally processed imagery to be acquired at selectable incidence angles between 15 and 60 deg, thereby permitting, for the first time, parametric studies of the effect of illumination geometry on SAR image information extraction. This document presents a science plan for SIR-B and serves as a reference for the types of geoscientific, sensor, and processing experiments which are possible.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- December 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8316595.
- Keywords:
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- Illuminating;
- Infrared Imagery;
- Radar Imagery;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Synthetic Aperture Radar;
- Electromagnetic Spectra;
- Hydrology;
- Image Processing;
- Oceanography;
- Remote Sensing;
- Shuttle Imaging Radar;
- Topography;
- Communications and Radar