Topographic performance evaluation of the RADARSAT-2/3 tandem mission

摘要

The Canadian Space Agency and MacDonald Dettwiler are jointly defining the mission capabilities and the operational performance of a RADARSA T-2/3 tandem interferometric mission. This paper evaluates the expected topographic performance of the mission. This includes a description of the interfrrometric beam mode, an analysis of suitable baselines and how to achieve them in orbit, and a presentation of relative height accuracy results based on these orbits. Both bistatic and monostatic operation are considered.