Resources
The table below has links to documents which provide further information relating to NovaSAR-1. If you require any further information please Contact us.
Complimentary Ground Based Datasets
The Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) delivers measurements of key terrestrial ecosystem attributes over time at hundreds of representative locations across Australia for uses includingthe calibration/validation of satellite imagery. TERN provides these data open-access via a Data Discovery Portal. For more information visit the TERN website.
Online Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Learning Resources
The links below are not specific to NovaSAR-1 but provide information and courses to help better understand SAR data.
- Acronyms
.ACQ SAR data A/D Analog-to-digital AIS Automatic Identification System AOI Area of Interest ATNF Australia Telescope National Facility BNSC British National Space Centre CASS CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science CCEO Centre for Earth Observation CCSDS Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation DRFS Direct Radio Frequency Sampling EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EO Earth Observation ESA European Space Agency GIS Geographic Information Systems GS Ground Station HH Horizontal Horizontal (polarisation) HV Horizontal Vertical (polarisation) LTAN Local Time Ascending Node NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration OPAL Online Proposal Applications & Links RADAR Radio Detection And Ranging RF Radio Frequency SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar SSO Sun-Synchronous Orbit SSTL Surrey Satellite Technology Limited UKSA United Kingdom Space Agency VH Vertical Horizontal (polarisation) VHF Very High Frequency VV Vertical Vertical (polarisation) AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation TAC Time Assignment Committee