THE HY-2 RADAR ALTIMETER AND SCATTEROMETER

  • Xu, Ke (Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Dong, Xiaolong (Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Zhang, Yunhua (Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Liu, Heguang (Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  • Published : 2006.11.02

Abstract

HY-2, the China's satellite for oceanic dynamic environment measurement, is planed to be launched around 2010. The main payloads of HY-2 include a dual-frequency radar altimeter equipped with a three-band nadir-looking radiometer for atmospheric delay correction, a Ku-band radar scatterometer, and a five-band scanning radiometer. This presentation outlines the specifications, parameters, and design of the HY-2 radar altimeter and scatterometer.

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