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Measuring the effective along-track resolution of CryoSat
Michele Scagliola, Aresys srl
Nicolas Tagliani, Aresys srl
Marco Fornari, ESA
Outline
Along-track processing for CryoSat SAR/SARIn modes
Theoretical model for along-track resolution
Effective along-track resolution
Azimuth window optimization
Conclusions
Along-track processing
WGS84
Azimuth window
Phase weighting
FFT
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Along-track IRF Along-track resolution: main beam width at -3dB with respect to the peak of the power IRF
Azimuth window The azimuth windowing has been included in the beam forming to mitigate the effect of clutter on the off-nadir beams due to specular backscattering of the ice surface from the nadir. Hamming window is implemented in IPF1 VK1.0: low sidelobes to
suppress the clutter mainlobe widening that
decreases the resolution
Rectangular Hamming
Theoretical model The along-track resolution of CryoSat for SAR/SARin IRF has been derived:
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Parameters fixed by instrument design
Quantities that are function of the position of the satellite along the orbit
Widening factor due to the window function used in the processing: For IPF1 vk1.0, with
It’s the only term that can be modified in IPF1
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Experimental approach
Level1b products dataset
About 3000 SAR L1b
About 4000 SARIn L1b
From July 2011 to
October 2012 R
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The along-track resolution has been evaluated as function of operational time and as function of the geographic position of the Level1b measurement
Effective along-track resolution Mode Minimum [m] Average [m] Maximum [m]
Along-Track
resolution
SAR 434.39 448.83 465.13
SARin 434.46 450.42 465.76
SAR+SARin 434.39 449.64 465.76
The along-track resolution has been here represented as
function of the position of the satellite
Moreover it has been verified
that the along-track resolution is approximately constant along the
time.
Effective along-track resolution The along-track resolution as function of the Latitude has been reported and a polynomial model of the along-track resolution has been evaluated to compute the average resolution as function of the latitude of the Level1b measurement:
Validation of the results
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To verify the analysis on the effective along-track resolution, a point scatterer has been found in a SAR L1b product and the -3dB width of the along track IRF has been measured.
450 m
The along-track resolution is about 450 m at Latitude 85.61 deg
Azimuth window optimization The average along-track resolution for CryoSat results to be approximately equal to 450 m.
Aiming at improving the along-track resolution, the azimuth window has to be optimized to reduce the widening factor
Trade-off analysis between along-track resolution and clutter suppression as function of the azimuth window.
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Azimuth window optimization
Average along-track resolution [m] PSLR [dB]
No window 303 13.26
DT PSLR= 37.5dB 404 37.50
Hamming c1=0.2 402 31.60
Hamming c1=0.08 450 42.45
The following azimuth windows have been considered in the optimization analysis:
Dolph-Tchebyshev (DT): its Fourier transform exhibits the
narrowest mainlobe width for the specified sidelobe level
All the sidelobes have the same level
Improvement of about 11%
Clutter suppression To verify if the clutter is sufficiently suppressed using the proposed azimuth windows, a SAR product of the 19th of August 2011 has been processed up to Level1b using the four different windows.
The clutter suppression has been evaluated on
Bright scatterer area for sea ice
Average L1b waveform over sea ice
Average L1b waveform over ocean
Moreover, the Signal-to-Clutter-and-Noise Ratio (SCNR) has been measured for the average L1b waveforms.
Sea Ice
Bright scatterer Weak scatterer
DT has higher clutter than Hamming
Clutter suppression w.r.t. no window is noticeable
The L1b waveform is not dependent of the azimuth window
Sea ice: average waveform About 5 seconds of Level1b waveforms over sea ice have been averaged:
The shape of the average L1b waveform is not dependent on the azimuth window
Window SCNR No window 33.39 dB DT PSLR= -37.5dB
36.48 dB
Hamming c1=0.2 37.38 dB Hamming c1=0.08
37.61 dB
Ocean: average waveform About 5 seconds of Level1b waveforms over ocean have been averaged:
The shape of the average L1b waveform is slightly dependent on the azimuth window
Window SCNR No window 25.98 dB DT PSLR= -37.5dB
29.14 dB
Hamming c1=0.2 29.52 dB Hamming c1=0.08
29.83 dB
Conclusions
Effective along-track resolution for CryoSat SAR/SARIn modes has been evaluated
The current Level1b measurements are characterized by an average resolution approximately equal to 450 m
By optimizing the azimuth window used in along-track processing, it is possible to improve the resolution of about 11% with a very limited loss in clutter suppression