Magazine Article

Compact Ku-Band T/R Module for High-Resolution Radar Imaging of Cold Land Processes

TBMG-7619

03/01/2010

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Global measurement of terrestrial snow cover is critical to two of the NASA Earth Science focus areas: (1) climate variability and change and (2) water and energy cycle. For radar backscatter measurements, Ku-band frequencies, scattered mainly within the volume of the snowpack, are most suitable for the SWE (snow-water equivalent) measurements. To isolate the complex effects of different snowpack (density and snowgrain size), and underlying soil properties and to distinctly determine SWE, the space-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system will require a dual-frequency (13.4 and 17.2 GHz) and dual-polarization approach.

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"Compact Ku-Band T/R Module for High-Resolution Radar Imaging of Cold Land Processes," Mobility Engineering, March 1, 2010.
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Mar 1, 2010
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TBMG-7619
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English