The Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR) was an airborne P-, L-, and C-band radar system developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It could penetrate clouds and operate at night to measure radar backscatter. It could also penetrate forest canopies, dry snow cover, and sand in two of its imaging modes. AIRSAR operated on three frequencies: 0.45 GHz, 1.26 GHz, and 5.31 GHz. It had a horizontal resolution of 10 meters and a swath width of about 10 to 15 kilometers at an altitude of 8,000 meters. AIRSAR is now retired, with its last mission taking place in 2004.
Instrument Details
- Radar
- Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar BackscatterEarth Science > Spectral/engineering > Radar > Radar Imagery
- Land Surface
- N/A
- 10 m
- 0.45 GHz, 1.26 GHz, 5.31 GHz
- https://nsidc.org/sites/default/files/the_nasajpl_airborne_synthetic_aperture_radar_system.pdf
Yunling Lou
Yunling Lou
JPL
NASA
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