Alaska SAR Facility RADARSAT Modified Antarctic Mapping Mission (MAMM)

Alaska SAR Facility

RADARSAT Modified Antarctic Mapping Mission

(MAMM)

Calibration Report

Version 1.0

February 23, 2002

ASF-02-CAL-125

JML

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Approved by:

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Dr. Roger Smith

ASF Director

Concurrence:

Alaska SAR Facility

Byrd Polar Research Center

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Nettie LaBelle -Hamer

Ken Jezek

Science Center Manager

Director, Byrd Polar Research Center

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Jeff Lipscomb

ASF Data Quality Lead

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SIGNATURE PAGE.....................................................................................................................................................2 TABLE OF CONTENTS.............................................................................................................................................3 MAMM CALIBRATION REP ORT........................................................................................................................4 1

INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................4

1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CALIBRATION......................................................................4

1.2 CONVERSION TO SIGMA NAUGHT..........................................................................................5

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CALIBRATION PROCESS..............................................................................................................................5

2.1 CALIBRATION DATA COLLECTION..........................................................................................5

2.1.1

Amazon Rainforest Data.....................................................................................................................5

2.1.2

Delta Junction Calibration Array.....................................................................................................6

2.1.3

Noise Data..............................................................................................................................................6

2.1.4

Calibration Data Set............................................................................................................................7

2.2 CALIBRATION TOOL SET...............................................................................................................7

2.2.1

SPROCKET & PTINFO.....................................................................................................................8

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CALIBRATION RESULTS..............................................................................................................................8

3.1 POINT TARGET ANALYSIS............................................................................................................8

3.1.1

Geolocation Accuracy.........................................................................................................................8

3.1.2

Image Quality Analysis.....................................................................................................................13

3.1.2.1

Resolution...........................................................................................................................................14

3.1.2.2

PSLR...................................................................................................................................................15

3.1.2.3

ISLR....................................................................................................................................................16

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DISTRIBUTED TARGET ANALYSIS........................................................................................................17

4.1 RADIOMETRIC CALIBRATION...................................................................................................17

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ISSUES AND RESOLUTIONS......................................................................................................................23

5.1 GAIN............................................................................................................................................................23 5.2 PHASE.........................................................................................................................................................24 5.3 DETERMINATION OF THE NOISE FLOOR............................................................................26 5.4 DOPPLER PROCESSING BANDWIDTH..................................................................................29 5.5 CLUTTERLOCK.....................................................................................................................................30 5.6 ELECTRONIC DELAY.......................................................................................................................32

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SUMMARY..........................................................................................................................................................33 APPENDIX A: RELATED DOCUMENTS.........................................................................................................34 APPENDIX B: EXAMPLE PROCESSING PARAMETERS FILE............................................................35 APPENDIX C: EXAMPLE PAP FILE.................................................................................................................53