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Klenk, Patrick and Schmidt, Kersten and Kraus, Thomas and Steinbrecher, Ulrich and Schwerdt, Marco (2021) TandDEM-X Calibration Assessment after Redundancy Switch. In: Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR. European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), 2021-03-29 - 2021-04-01, Leipzig, Germany. ISSN 2197-4403.
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Abstract
After more than nine years of successful radar operations in space, a first major contingency passivated the TanDEM-X satellite's SAR instrument in July 2019. Subsequent investigations led to the decision to switch to the redundant instrument chain, i.e. using the redundant radio-frequency electronics for future radar operations. Here, we report results of the necessary re-assessment of the calibration of the instrument. The redundancy switch did not have a significant impact on the performance of the radar instrument. In particular, the radiometric accuracy remains excellent. The calibration factor differs by -0.9 dB in comparison to the previously operated nominal instrument chain
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| Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Title: | TandDEM-X Calibration Assessment after Redundancy Switch | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Date: | April 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR | ||||||||||||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 2197-4403 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keywords: | SAR, synthetic-aperture radar, TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X, contingency mitigation, calibration, absolute radiometric calibration, absolute calibration factor, redundancy, redundancy switch, antenna pattern, RCS, absolute RCS, Terra-SAR-X mission, internal calibration, external calibration, LTSM | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event Title: | European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event Location: | Leipzig, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event Type: | international Conference | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event Dates: | 2021-03-29 - 2021-04-01 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Organizer: | VDE | ||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | Earth Observation | ||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | R EO - Earth Observation | ||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - TSD/TDX Calibration and projekt support (old) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Microwaves and Radar Institute > Spaceborne SAR Systems | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Klenk, Dr. Patrick | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 06 Nov 2019 16:39 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2021 14:05 |
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