论文信息 - An assessment of the Ka band interferometric radar altimeter for monitoring rivers and lakes with the WatER mission

An assessment of the Ka band interferometric radar altimeter for monitoring rivers and lakes with the WatER mission

The Water Elevation Recovery (WatER) satellite mission was recently proposed and supported by a large international scientific community. It is dedicated to the determination of land surface water extent, elevation and slope, and also ocean mesoscale and submesoscale phenomena, using a Ka band Radar Interferometer (KaRIN) as its primary instrument. This instrument is able to provide the appropriate space-time sampling required to observe full signatures of the parameters characterizing these phenomena. However, determining these parameters to the accuracy desired for hydrologic applications is challenging.

Ernesto Rodríguez | Vivien Enjolras

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