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LEFT-LOOKING [6 records]

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Record 1 2007-01-31

English

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

An imaging mode in which the viewing axis of a satellite is rotated from right to left.

CONT

About 75% of imaging will be performed in right-looking mode : the left-looking mode will be used for Antarctic mapping, emergency situations and to improve market access.

OBS

left-looking mode : term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group(RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • left looking mode

French

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

Mode imageur dont l'axe de visée du satellite est pivoté de droite à gauche.

OBS

Avec sa fonction de visée à droite et à gauche, RADARSAT-2 pourra capter des images à une résolution pouvant atteindre 3 mètres dans un couloir de 800 km d'un côté comme de l'autre de la trace.

OBS

mode de visée à gauche : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
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Record 2 2007-01-31

English

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

A remote sensing instrument whose viewing angle is rotated to the right.

OBS

Whereas RADARSAT-1 is a solely right-looking system, RADARSAT-2 will be outfitted with an antenna that can be steered electronically to acquire images to either the right or the left of the sub-satellite track... The switch from one look direction to the other is specified to take less than 10 minutes, that is, about one tenth of the time required to complete one full orbit. Although the look direction switching is an operational feature, the right-looking configuration is regarded as the default mode of operation. Hence, it is expected that about 75% of the imaging will be performed in this particular mode. The left-looking mode will be deployed on occasion; primarily to meet data requirements associated with Antarctic mapping and emergency situations(CSA, 2001).

OBS

right-looking sensor: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • right looking sensor

French

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

Instrument de télédétection dont l'axe de visée est pivoté à droite.

OBS

capteur de visée à droite : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
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Record 3 2007-01-31

English

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

A remote sensing instrument whose viewing angle is rotated from right to left.

OBS

Whereas RADARSAT-1 is a solely right-looking system, RADARSAT-2 will be outfitted with an antenna that can be steered electronically to acquire images to either the right or the left of the sub-satellite track... The switch from one look direction to the other is specified to take less than 10 minutes, that is, about one tenth of the time required to complete one full orbit. Although the look direction switching is an operational feature, the right-looking configuration is regarded as the default mode of operation. Hence, it is expected that about 75% of the imaging will be performed in this particular mode. The left-looking mode will be deployed on occasion, primarily to meet data requirements associated with Antarctic mapping and emergency situations(CSA, 2001).

OBS

left-looking sensor : term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group(RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • left looking sensor

French

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

Instrument de télédétection dont l'axe de visée est pivoté de droite à gauche.

OBS

capteur de visée à gauche : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
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Record 4 2007-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Spacecraft
CONT

All beam modes are available in both right-and left-looking modes.

Key term(s)
  • left looking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Tous les modes faisceaux peuvent être activés en modes de visée à droite et à gauche.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Mathematical Geography
CONT

RADARSAT-2 will be able to switch from right-to left-looking mode. This process will take about 10 minutes. About 75% of imaging will be performed in right-looking : the left-looking mode will be used for Antarctic mapping, emergency situations and to improve market access. Several imaging modes are available with RADARSAT-2(incidence angles, resolution and polarization). A single image take may vary from a minimum of 5 seconds to a maximum of 28 minutes.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Géographie mathématique
CONT

Les fonctions élargies de RADARSAT-2 dotent le satellite de modes d'imagerie à haute résolution spatiale, soit jusqu'à 3 m, mais aussi d'une sélection de polarisations multiples. En effet, grâce au mode d'acquisition en polarisation quadruple, le capteur SAR à bord de RADARSAT-2 peut mesurer l'amplitude et la phase de l'onde rétrodiffusée pour toutes les combinaisons de polarisations linéaires d'émission et de réception de l'antenne (HH, HV, VV et VH). L'introduction du mode d'imagerie en polarisation quadruple permettra d'accroître le rendement de RADARSAT-2 pour d'autres applications, telles l'agriculture, la foresterie et l'occupation des sols en général.

OBS

mode d'imagerie : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

PHR

Arrêt de l'instrument en mode imageur.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

All beam modes are available in both right-and left-looking modes.

Key term(s)
  • right looking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Tous les modes faisceaux peuvent être activés en modes de visée à droite et à gauche.

Spanish

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