Calibration of the shuttle radar topography mission X-SAR instrument using a synthetic altimetry data model
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 28 (4) , 573-580
- https://doi.org/10.5589/m02-052
Abstract
Satellite radar altimetry (RA) can provide highly accurate measurements of the sea surface height (SSH). The SSH is used for the calibration and as a ground truth for the shuttle radar topography mission (SRTM) X-band synthetic aperture radar (X-SAR) instrument. Since altimeter missions and the SRTM fly with different ground patterns, a composite "synthetic" altimetry data (SAD) model is developed to provide the instantaneous SSH at the time and position of the SRTM X-SAR data takes. The SAD model is composed of a static and a time-variable part of the SSH. The static part consists of a mean SSH model, which is calculated from the RA data. The time-variable part is reconstructed from models. Since the accuracy of the SAD model is strongly dependent on the location, a static mean error model is estimated which is based on the comparison of independent RA along-track measurements and the SAD model. The error model confirms the accuracy of the SAD model at most locations and helps to identify the areas where... L'altimétrie radar satellitaire peut fournir des mesures très précises de la hauteur du niveau de la mer (SSH). La hauteur SSH est utilisée pour l'étalonnage et comme réalité de terrain pour l'instrument X-SAR de la mission SRTM (shuttle radar topography mission). Étant donné que les missions altimétriques et la mission SRTM utilisent des patrons de vols différents au sol, un modèle composite SAD (synthetic altimetry data) est développé pour dériver la hauteur SSH instantanée au moment et à la position des prises de données X-SAR SRTM. Le modèle SAD est composé d'une partie statique et d'une partie variable dans le temps de la hauteur SSH. La partie statique consiste en un modèle SSH moyen calculé à partir des données altimétriques radar. La partie variable dans le temps est reconstruite à partir de modèles. Comme la précision du modèle SAD dépend fortement de la localisation, un modèle d'erreur statique moyenne est estimé basé sur la comparaison des mesures altimétriques radar trace en long indépendantes...Keywords
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