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FULLY-POLARIMETRIC IMAGING MODE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

[A mode that allows for] the use of polarization signatures to characterize targets and to support sophisticated Earth surface scattering models.

OBS

fully-polarimetric imaging mode : term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group(RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • fully polarimetric imaging mode

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
DEF

Mode qui permet l'utilisation des signatures de polarisation pour caractériser des cibles et pour supporter des modèles de diffusion plus sophistiqués de la surface terrestre.

CONT

RADARSAT-2 est doté de tout un éventail de nouvelles capacités : modes haute résolution (à 3 mètres), entièrement polarimétriques (quad-pol) et en polarimétrie double pour les faisceaux utilisés par RADARSAT-1.

OBS

mode haute résolution entièrement polarimétrique : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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