Optimization and performance analysis of interferometric GNSS-R altimeters: Application to the PARIS IoD mission

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1436-1451

  Camps, Adriano ^a   Park, Hyuk ^a   Valencia I Domenech, Enric ^a   Pascual, Daniel ^a   Martin, Francisco ^a   Rius, Antonio ^b   Ribo, Serni ^b   Benito, Javier ^c   Andres Beivide, Ana ^c   Saameno, P ^c   Staton, G ^d   Martin Neira, Manuel ^e   Daddio, S ^c,e   Willemsen, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^d OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altimetry; error budget; interferometry; PAssive Reflectometry and Interferometry System In orbit Demonstration (PARIS IoD); precision; Reflectometry using Global Navigation Satellite System' signals (GNSS R)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BUDGET CONTROL; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; INTERFEROMETRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NAVIGATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORBITS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALTIMETRY; ERROR BUDGETS; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; IN-ORBIT; PRECISION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

GNSS; INTERFEROMETRY; NAVIGATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECISION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

EID: 84903148197     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2320873     Document Type: Article

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