A Volumetric P-band Imaging Concept for the SAR Exploration of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Benedikter A, Rodriguez-Cassola M (2021)
Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution
Publication year: 2021
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Book Volume: 2021-March
Pages Range: 842-847
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR
Event location: Virtual, Online, DEU
ISBN: 9783800754571
URI: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9472666
Abstract
In the frame of the Enceladus Explorer Initiative (EnEx) conducted at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), we are currently investigating the potential of an orbital Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument to contribute in the understanding of the surface and subsurface structure and composition of the Enceladean ice crust and the involved geophysical processes. The proximity of Saturn constrains the stable solutions for an Enceladus SAR orbiter. The resulting orbit geometries offer the possibility to exploit extremely wide angular observations, with typical integration times of about 800 s to 6000 s, which can be used for a single-pass volumetric imaging approach to provide 3-D metric resolution imagery of the ice crust. The approach is based on the sensitivity of the SAR surveys to the permittivity profiles of the ice. Additionally, we explore the potential of multi-pass acquisitions to provide both accurate imaging and permittivity estimation.
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APA:
Benedikter, A., & Rodriguez-Cassola, M. (2021). A Volumetric P-band Imaging Concept for the SAR Exploration of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR (pp. 842-847). Virtual, Online, DEU: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
MLA:
Benedikter, Andreas, and Marc Rodriguez-Cassola. "A Volumetric P-band Imaging Concept for the SAR Exploration of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus." Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR 2021, Virtual, Online, DEU Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021. 842-847.
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