Independent Verification of the Sentinel-1A System Calibration

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

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 994-1007

  Schwerdt, Marco ^a   Schmidt, Kersten ^a   Tous Ramon, Nuria ^a   Castellanos Alfonzo, Gabriel ^a   Doring, Bjorn J ^a   Zink, Manfred ^a   Prats Iraola, Pau ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenna model; antenna pointing; calibration targets; geometric and radiometric calibration; internal calibration; radiometric accuracy; Sentinel 1

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CALIBRATION; ORBITS;

C-BAND SAR DATA; CALIBRATION CHAIN; CALIBRATION TARGETS; COMMISSIONING PHASE; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; IN-ORBIT CALIBRATIONS; SENTINEL-1; SYSTEM CALIBRATION;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTENNA; CALIBRATION; GEOMETRY; MODELING; RADIOMETER; SENTINEL;

EID: 84938510594     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2449239     Document Type: Article

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