SRAL, a radar altimeter designed to measure several surface types

Yves Le Roy; Marc Deschaux-Beaume; Constantin Mavrocordatos; Franck Borde

doi:10.1117/12.865060

18 October 2010 SRAL, a radar altimeter designed to measure several surface types

Yves Le Roy, Marc Deschaux-Beaume, Constantin Mavrocordatos, Franck Borde

Proceedings Volume 7825, Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, and Large Water Regions 2010; 782507 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865060
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

In the frame of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program ESA is currently implementing the Sentinel-3 mission [1], [2]. It is designed as a constellation of two identical polar orbiting satellites, separated by 180 deg, for the provision of longterm operational marine and land monitoring services. As such, the Sentinel-3 satellite carries a topography mission including mainly RF instruments and an ocean and land colour mission composed of optical instruments. The aim of this paper is to first provide a brief overview of the Sentinel-3 mission and then focus on the core instrument of the topography mission [3], the SRAL radar altimeter [4], and its latest development steps.

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Yves Le Roy, Marc Deschaux-Beaume, Constantin Mavrocordatos, and Franck Borde "SRAL, a radar altimeter designed to measure several surface types", Proc. SPIE 7825, Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, and Large Water Regions 2010, 782507 (18 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.865060

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