Abstract
The Active Microwave Instrument (AMI), a combination of a C-band (5.3 GHz), VV polarization, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and a wind scatterometer is described. AMI is being carried on the first European Remote Sensing Satellite, ERS-1, which is also described. AMI's primary geophysical data products are ocean surface wind speed and direction, ocean wave length and direction, and high-resolution radar mapping of land, ocean, ice, and coastal zones. The ERS-1 payload also includes a radar altimeter, an along-track scanning infrared radiometer, a microwave sounder, a precision range and range rate measuring equipment, and a laser retroreflector. ERS-1 will be in a polar orbit for global mapping. Prelaunch testing has shown that the quality of the AMI data products meets the mission objectives.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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Remote sensingSynthetic aperture radarRadarRetroreflectorScatterometerSatelliteAltimeterRadiometerPolar orbitSpace-based radarPayload (computing)Microwave radiometerMicrowaveMeteorologyEnvironmental scienceGeologyRadar imagingComputer scienceRadar engineering detailsLaserAerospace engineeringPhysicsOpticsTelecommunicationsEngineering
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- 1991
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- article
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- 79
- Issue
- 6
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- 791-799
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- 211
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E. Attema
(1991).
The Active Microwave Instrument on-board the ERS-1 satellite.
Proceedings of the IEEE
, 79
(6)
, 791-799.
https://doi.org/10.1109/5.90158
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- 10.1109/5.90158