Sea surface wind speed retrieval and validation of the interferometric imaging radar altimeter aboard the Chinese Tiangong-2 space laboratory

L Ren, J Yang, Y Jia, X Dong, J Wang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study focuses on the retrieval and validation of sea-surface wind speeds using data
from the interferometric imaging radar altimeter (InIRA) aboard the Chinese Tiangong-2 …

Approaches for Joint Retrieval of Wind Speed and Significant Wave Height and Further Improvement for Tiangong-2 Interferometric Imaging Radar Altimeter

G Li, Y Zhang, X Dong - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The interferometric imaging radar altimeter (InIRA) adopts a short baseline along with small
incidence angles to acquire interferometric signals from the sea surface with high accuracy …

The first quantitative ocean remote sensing by using Chinese interferometric imaging radar altimeter onboard TG-2

J Yang, L Ren, G Zheng - Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2017 - search.proquest.com
The TG-2 (Tiangong-2, means “Heavenly Palace 2”) is a Chinese space laboratory which
was launched on September 15, 2016 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre aboard a Long …

Preliminary evaluation and correction of sea surface height from Chinese Tiangong-2 interferometric imaging radar altimeter

L Ren, J Yang, X Dong, Y Zhang, Y Jia - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, we performed preliminary comparative evaluation and correction of two-
dimensional sea surface height (SSH) data from the Chinese Tiangong-2 Interferometric …

Calibration of an airborne interferometric radar altimeter over the Qingdao coast sea, China

L Yang, Y Xu, X Zhou, L Zhu, Q Jiang, H Sun, G Chen… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Calibration/Validation (Cal/Val) of satellite altimeters is fundamental for monitoring onboard
sensor performance and ensuring long-term data quality. As altimeter technology has been …

Performance analysis of ocean surface topography altimetry by Ku-band near-nadir interferometric SAR

W Kong, J Chong, H Tan - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Interferometric imaging radar altimeter (InIRA) is the first spaceborne Ku-band
interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) which is specially designed for ocean …

Wind Wave and Wind Speed Inversion Based on Azimuth Cutoff of Airborne IRA Images

D Sun, Y Wang, Y Zhang, H Sun… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The azimuth cutoff of interferometric radar altimeter (IRA) image, which is acquired at small
incidence angles, is mainly determined by the vertical component of the orbital velocity of …

Cross-track error correction and evaluation of the tiangong-2 interferometric imaging radar altimeter

X Miao, J Wang, P Mao, H Miao - IEEE Geoscience and Remote …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Interferometric Imaging Radar Altimeter (InIRA) carried on the Tiangong-2 Space
Laboratory can observe three-dimensional sea surface topography over a swath tens of …

Preliminary results of marine gravity recovery by Tiangong-2 interferometric imaging radar altimeter

M Sun, Y Zhang, X Dong, X Shi - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents for the first time the results of marine gravity recovery using the ocean
observation data acquired by Tiangong-2 interferometric imaging radar altimeter (TG2 …

Preliminary significant wave height retrieval from interferometric imaging radar altimeter aboard the Chinese Tiangong-2 space laboratory

L Ren, J Yang, X Dong, Y Jia, Y Zhang - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The interferometric imaging radar altimeter (InIRA) aboard the Chinese Tiangong-2 space
laboratory is the first spaceborne imaging radar working at low incidence angles. This study …