The Harmony mission: applications and preliminary performance
Paco López-Dekker (TU Delft - Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning)
Juliet Biggs (University of Bristol)
Bertrand Chapron (UMR6523 Laboratoire d'Oceanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), Institut Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer)
Andreas Kääb (Universitetet i Oslo)
Simona Massina (Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici)
Jérémie Mouginot (Université Grenoble Alpes, University of California)
Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli (National Research Council)
Claudia Pasquero (University of Milano-Bicocca)
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Abstract
This paper provides a compact overview of Harmony, an Earth Explorer 10 mission candidate dedicated to the observation of dynamic deformations of ice, solid earth and ocean surfaces. Harmony consists of two receive-only small Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites using Sentinel-1 as illuminator, which will alternate close formation phases, dedicated to single-pass cross-track interferometry, with StereoSAR phases dedicated to the study of ocean surface motion and 3-D land surface deformations. In addition the payload includes a compact Thermal Infrared (TIR) camera.