Resources

Downloadable files, some of which are for NL-RIA members only

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Radar Altimeter Signal Processing Architecture and Hardware Design
Reports Report by Kees de Haan and Peter Koomen of Rfx on the processing architecture for a Ka-band spaceborne altimeter and the consequent design and testing of an experimental radar test board. October 14, 2024
NLRIA 2017 PIPP proposal excerpt
Project proposals This is the proposal submitted to NSO PIPP program in September 2017 to found the NL-RIA knowledge network and get the first round of projects started. April 18, 2023
Satellite altimeter model
Presentations, Reports Satellite Altimeter Model is an Excel spreadsheet to quickly analyse radar altimeter instrument requirements and performance by Peter Hoogeboom, March 2023. See the Altimetry introduction document for more information on its usage. April 4, 2023
Radar altimetry introduction
Presentations A short course on radar altimetry, with emphasis on explanation and calculation of various important instrument parameters. A corresponding Excel spreadsheet Satellite Altimeter Model can be found in this section. April 4, 2023
NL-RIA final report
Reports Final report on the project "Dutch network on small spaceborne radar instruments and applications (NL-RIA)", carried out in the period 2017-2021. Main contractor TU Delft, report written by F.J. Lopez-Dekker (project manager) and co-project managers, Rens Swart and Peter Hoogeboom. January 12, 2022
SwarmSAR Roadmap Meeting 24 Feb 2021
Meetings, Presentations Concept and requirements presented in the 24/02/2021 meeting February 24, 2021
Ka-band Altimeter CubeSat Constellations – IAC2020 conference
Conferences J.Guo, Y.Li, S.H.Mok, B.Krijnen, P. Hoogeboom, P.Lopez-Dekker, C.Buck, AltiCube: A Ka-band Altimeter CubeSat Constellation for Ocean Monitoring, 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 12-14 October 2020. October 20, 2020
SwarmSAR Design – IEEE Radarcon2020 Presentation
Conferences Lorenzo Iannini, Paco Lopez-Dekker, Peter Hoogeboom, A Highly Flexible and Scalable S-band SwarmSAR from Very Simple Nodes, IEEE Radarcon 2020. Presentation held 22 September 2020. October 13, 2020
Ozan Dogan – Unambiguous Recovery…
Papers IEEE GRSL paper by Ozan Dogan, Faruk Eysal and Paco Lopez-Dekker, 2020, Unambiguous Recovery of Multistatic SAR Data for Nonzero Cross Track Baseline Case. October 9, 2020
SwarmSAR Design – IEEE Radarcon 2020 Proceedings
Conferences, Papers Lorenzo Iannini, Paco Lopez-Dekker, Peter Hoogeboom, A Highly Flexible and Scalable S-band SwarmSAR from Very Simple Nodes, IEEE Radarcon 2020 Proceedings October 5, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 TUD-AE – mission analysis
Meetings, Presentations Presentation slides by Jian Guo, TUD-AE, title: Alticubes: Mission Analysis and System Sizing. NLRIA workshop dd 19/02/2020. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 – technical meeting NLRIA minutes concept
Meetings, Minutes Minutes of the technical NL-RIA wide workshop regarding current status of research on altimeter mission, the swarmSAR mission and the foldable antenna, and a discussion on the technology & programmatic roadmap. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 – TUD-GRS – SwarmSAR mission concept
Meetings, Presentations Presentation slides by Lorenzo Iannini, TUD-GRS, title: SwarmSAR Mission Concept, Applications and Requirements. NLRIA workshop dd 19/02/2020. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 – TUD-GRS – Cubesat altimeter constellation
Meetings, Presentations Presentation slides by Yuanhao Li, TUD-GRS, title: Cubesat altimeter constellation mission concepts & performance. NLRIA workshop dd 19/02/2020. December 15, 2020
FutureWater Altimetry for hydrology
Reports FutureWater final report on user needs in radar altimetry for hydrology, i.e. inland water applications. This study was performed by FutureWater as part of the NL-RIA user requirements inventory. Authors J.E. Hunink, J.P.C. Eekhout, J. de Vente, S. Contreras, G. Simons, January 2020. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 – ISIS – Towards Operational Constellation
Meetings, Presentations Presentation slides by Eric Bertels, ISIS, title: NLRIA towards an operational constellation. NLRIA workshop dd 19/02/2020. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 – NLR – Platform analysis
Meetings, Presentations Presentation slides by Bert_Johan Volmuller and Niels Bernving, NLR, title: NL-RIA – Platform and analysis. NLRIA workshop dd 19/02/2020. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 – TUD-3mE – Antennas
Meetings, Presentations Presentation slides by Alden Yellowhorse, TUD-3mE, title: Antennas from drawing to space. NLRIA workshop dd 19/02/2020. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 – TUD-EWI – Multistatic SAR processing
Meetings, Presentations Presentation slides by Ozan Dogan, TUD-GRS, title: Multistatic SAR signal processing. NLRIA workshop dd 19/02/2020. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 – TUD-EWI – Altimeter system design
Meetings, Presentations Presentation slides by Ozan Dogan, TUD-EWI, title: Radar Altimeter system design. NLRIA workshop dd 19/02/2020. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2020/02 – TUD-GRS – Overview
Meetings, Presentations Presentation slides by Paco Lopez-Dekker, TUD-GRS, title: Dutch knowledge-network on Radar Instruments and Applications (NL-RIA), introduction to the workshop. NLRIA workshop dd 19/02/2020. December 15, 2020
Hermess User needs radar altimetry for oceanographic and maritime applications
Reports Hermess final report on user needs in radar altimetry for oceanographic and maritime applications. This study was performed by Hermess as part of the NL-RIA user requirements inventory. Author G. Hesselmans, January 2020. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2019/02 – Altimetry User Requirements – Minutes
Meetings, Minutes Minutes for the Altrimetry User Requirements workshop dd 11/02/2019. Edited by Swartvast. December 15, 2020
Cubesat altimeters – Yuanhao Li – ARSIKEO2019
Conferences, Papers Yuanhao Li, Peter Hoogeboom, Paco Lopez-Dekker, Lorenzo Iannini, 2019, Alticubes: a Ka-Band Cubesat Altimeter Constellation Concept,  ARSI KEO 2019 conference, ESTEC, Noordwijk. February 28, 2020
Meeting 2019/05 – Concept Review – Minutes
Meetings, Minutes Minutes for the Preliminary Concept Review workshop dd 29/05/2019. Edited by Swartvast. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2019/05 – Concept Review – Requirements sheet
Meetings, Reports First iteration for the SAR and altimetry concepts requirements. The sheet have been discussed and compiled during the Preliminary Concept Review workshop dd 29/05/2019. More consolidated requirements can be found in the MRD. December 15, 2020
Meeting 2018/09 Concepts Selection – Minutes
Meetings, Minutes Minutes for the Concept Selection Meeting dd 26/09/2018. Edited by Swartvast. December 15, 2020
2019 – IGARSS – PRF Sampling Strategies for swarmSAR Systems
Conferences, Papers L. Iannini, A. Mancinelli, P. Lopez-Dekker, P. Hoogeboom, Y. Li, F. Uysal, A. Yarovoy, 2019, PRF Sampling Strategies for swarmSAR Systems, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2019 February 28, 2020
Mission Requirements Document – swarmSAR
Reports Mission Requirements Document for the swarmSAR concept. Version November 2020. December 15, 2020
ESA Living Planet Symposium 2019 SwarmSAR presentation
Conferences SwarmSAR presentation slides - NCG symposium 29 November 2018 February 28, 2020