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...

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Main Authors: Enjolras, V., Rodriguez, E.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
altimetry
hydrology
Instruments
interferometry
Lakes
Land surface
Monitoring
Oceans
radar
Rivers
Sampling methods
Satellites
Sea surface
Spaceborne radar
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2153-6996
2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423606