Performance Requirements for Ionospheric Correction of Low-Frequency SAR Data
- 7 June 2011
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Vol. 49 (10), 3694-3702
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2011.2146786
Abstract
In recent years, significant progress has been made in developing theory and methods for modeling, detecting, and correcting ionospheric effects in low-frequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. While a large number of correction methods have been developed that differ in sensitivity, data needs, and spatiotemporal accuracy, a lack of performance requirements for ionospheric correction has prevented an evaluation of their suitability for operational implementation. Hence, this paper focuses on the development of performance requirements for the correction of ionospheric effects in low-frequency SAR data. The requirements are derived considering the data quality needs of a set of SAR applications and will ensure the SAR data after ionospheric correction to meet calibration specifications and maintain full performance during all ionospheric conditions. The proposed requirements can serve as a benchmark for a performance assessment of ionospheric correction methods and will help define their suitability for operational implementation. Requirements are determined for SAR polarimetry, SAR imaging, SAR interferometry, and ionospheric research.Keywords
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