ALOS-Next/TanDEM-L

A highly innovative SAR mission for global observation of dynamic processes on the earth's surface

Conference Paper (2015)

Authors

A Moreira (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR))

Gerhard Krieger (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR))

Irena Hajnsek (ETH Zürich)

Konstantinos Papathanassiou (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR))

Marwan Younis (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR))

Paco Lopez Dekker (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR))

Sigurd Huber (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR))

M Eineder (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR))

Masanobu Shimada (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Takeshi Motohka (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Manabu Watanabe (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Masato Ohki (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Akihisa Uematsu (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Satoru Ozawa (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Affiliation

External organisation

Tomography Interferometry Digital Beamforming Polarimetry Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Geosciences and Remote Sensing Bistatic Radar

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Publication Year

2015

Language

English

Affiliation

External organisation

Volume number

2015-November

Pages (from-to)

1253-1256

ISBN (electronic)

9781479979295

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326001

Abstract

ALOS-Next/Tandem-L is a proposal for a highly innovative L-band SAR satellite mission for the global observation of dynamic processes on the Earth's surface with hitherto unparalleled quality and resolution. It is based on a collaboration between DLR and JAXA which started with a pre-phase A study in 2013 and is currently undergoing a phase A study. Thanks to the novel imaging techniques and the vast recording capacity with up to 8 Tbytes/day, it will provide vital information for solving pressing scientific questions in the biosphere, geosphere, cryosphere, and hydrosphere. By this, the new L-band SAR mission will make an essential contribution for a better understanding of the Earth system and its dynamics. ALOS-Next/Tandem-L will, moreover, open new opportunities for risk analysis, disaster management and environmental monitoring by employing especially designed acquisition modes and techniques in combination with a reconfigurable tandem satellite configuration and an L-band SAR instrument with advanced digital beamforming techniques.

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