Assessment Ofnew Correction Techniques for Faradayrotationand Ionospheric Scintillation: a Biomass Perspective
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The European Space Agency BIOMASS mission will use a P-band polarimetric SAR at 435MHz with 6MHz bandwidth to measure above-ground biomass in order to assess the levels of carbon tied up in forests across the globe. It will also be capable of measuring changes in this quantity over its 5-year lifetime. At this wavelength, the ionosphere can strongly affect the signal, the principal effects being Faraday rotation (FR) and ionospheric scintillation.
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