TSARSAT: a radar satellite for observing tropical regions

Huadong Guo; Jingjuan Liao; Zhen Li; Yun Shao

doi:10.1117/12.681182

9 June 2006 TSARSAT: a radar satellite for observing tropical regions

Huadong Guo, Jingjuan Liao, Zhen Li, Yun Shao

Proceedings Volume 6200, Remote Sensing of the Environment: 15th National Symposium on Remote Sensing of China; 620006 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.681182
Event: Remote Sensing of the Environment: 15th National Symposium on Remote Sensing of China, 2005, Guiyan City, China

Abstract

The tropical and subtropical regions are characterized by their extraordinary resource environment, weather and climate. So the spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with all day and all weather imaging capability has particular function to detect these regions. The available spaceborne radar systems take into consideration observing the tropical and subtropical regions, however, until recently, there has not been the professional radar satellite for observing these regions. This paper proposed the concept of TSARSAT (Tropical SAR Satellite), and analyzed its technological characteristics. The radar satellite will play an important role in rice growth monitoring and yield estimation, tropical rain forest monitoring, disaster monitoring and warning, ocean detection, coast belt surveying and topography mapping.

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Huadong Guo, Jingjuan Liao, Zhen Li, and Yun Shao "TSARSAT: a radar satellite for observing tropical regions", Proc. SPIE 6200, Remote Sensing of the Environment: 15th National Symposium on Remote Sensing of China, 620006 (9 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.681182

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