CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- P-Band SAR
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Full Name
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P-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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ESA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging microwave radars 
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Geometry
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Side-looking
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Instrument Technology
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Imaging radar (SAR)
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Forest biomass monitoring
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Resolution Summary
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Strip mode: 9 m, Interferometric wide swath mode: 20 m, extra-wide swath mode: 50 m, wave mode: 50 m
[Best Resolution: 9m]
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Swath Summary
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Strip mode: 80 km; Interferometric wide swath mode: 250 km, extra-wide swath mode: 400 km, Wave mode: sampled images of 20 x 20 km at 100 km intervals
[Max Swath: 400 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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NESZ: -22 dB; PTAR: -25 dB; DTAR: -22 dB; Radiometric accuracy 1 dB (3 sigma); Radiometric stability: 0.5 dB (3 sigma)
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Waveband Summary
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P-band: 435 MHz; four polarization channels - HH, HV, VH, and VV - together with height measurements from polarimetric interferometry; incidence angles ranging from 23 to 31 degrees
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| P-Band (0.999 - 0.2998 GHz) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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