| Type(s) |
Satellite data
Satellite data>Bi-dimensional data
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| Owner |
The ALASKA SAR Facility Synthetic Aperture Radar Data : ASF |
| Organisation |
THE ALASKA SAR Facility |
| Abstract |
One way that ERS satellites (the European Space Agency's
European Remote Sensing satellites) remotely sense the
Earth is by sending out C-Band (5.66 cm wavelength)
radar pulses and observing how those signals interact
with various objects on the ground. This remote sensing
method has some major advantages. For example the transmission
of radar signals in effect provides "lighting" for the sensor;
the antenna senses the radar backscattered from signals which
it sent out, and therefore is not dependent on sunlit conditions
("it can work day or night"). Another advantage stems from the
radar signals' characteristic of passing relatively unaffected
through cloud cover, providing the ERS AMI-SAR
(Active Microwave Instrumentation, Synthetic Aperture Radar mode)
with the ability to image a region regardless of weather conditions.
These advantages are magnified in the polar region, where the
long winter nights and stormy seas have hindered other sensors'
efforts to provide continuous coverage.
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| Cross Reference(s) |
http://www.asf.alaska.edu/dataset_documents/ers1_and_ers2_sar_signal_data.html
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| Discipline(s) |
Snow & ice
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Point of Contact
Other Information
| Spatial Coverage & Location(s) |
Lat: 63.26° - Lon: -148.63°
United States
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| Temporal Coverage |
01/01/1999
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| Language(s) of Resource |
English
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| Parameter(s) |
EARTH SCIENCE
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