SESAME: A single-pass interferometric Sentinel-1 companion SAR mission for monitoring geo- and biosphere dynamics
Paper in proceeding, 2017
SESAME (SEntinel-1 SAR companion Multistatic Explorer) is a passive SAR satellite mission proposed for the ESA Earth Explorer Program. SESAME comprises two receive-only C-band SAR satellites flying in close formation to build a single-pass SAR interferometer (SP-InSAR) using the active signal of the European Sentinel-1 satellite. The SESAME mission addresses applications in geoscience and climate research that require repeat measurements of high precision elevation data over land surfaces including ice covered areas and forests, exploiting the SP-InSAR and multistatic observation geometry of the satellite formation. The objectives, the measurement approach and geo-biophysical products of the mission are described.
remote sensing by radar
forestry
spaceborne radar
surface topography
synthetic aperture radar
radar interferometry
Author
Helmut Rott
University of Innsbruck
ENVEO-Environmental Earth Observation Information Technology GmbH
Paco Lopez-Dekker
Delft University of Technology
Svein Solberg
The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)
Lars Ulander
Microwave and Optical Remote Sensing
Thomas Nagler
ENVEO-Environmental Earth Observation Information Technology GmbH
Gerhard Krieger
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Pau Prats
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Marc Rodriguez
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Mariantonietta Zonno
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Alberto Moreira
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
Vol. 2017-July 107-110 8126905
9781509049516 (ISBN)
37th Annual IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2017
Fort Worth, USA,
Fort Worth, USA,
Areas of Advance
Information and Communication Technology
Subject Categories
Remote Sensing
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2017.8126905