Annex 1 - Performance and interference criteria for spaceborne
active sensors
1 Introduction
2 Altimeters
2.1 Performance criteria
2.2
Interference criteria
3 Scatterometers
3.1
Performance criteria
3.2
Interference criteria
4 Precipitation radars
4.1
Precipitation radars based upon TRMM
4.1.1
Performance criteria
4.1.2
Interference criteria
4.2
Precipitation radars based upon TRMM
follow-on
4.2.1
Introduction
4.2.2
TRMM follow-on and 35 GHz band
precipitation radar
4.2.3
Technical characteristics of the 35 GHz
precipitation radar
4.2.4 Performance and interference criteria
5 Synthetic aperture radars
5.1
Performance criteria of SARs
5.2 Interference
criteria of SAR
5.2.1
Processing gain of noise
5.2.2
Range processing gain of interference
signals
5.2.3
Azimuth processing gain of pulsed
interference signals
5.2.4
Calculation of allowable interference
5.2.5
Input/output signal characteristics of
SAR operating in the bands 432-438 MHz and 1 215-1 300 MHz
5.2.6
Input/output signal characteristics of
SARs operating in the bands 3 100-3 300 MHz and 5 250-5 570 MHz
5.2.7
Input/output signal characteristics of
SARs operating in the bands 8 550 MHz and 9 500-9 800 MHz
5.2.8
Interference criteria
5.2.9
Availability criterion
6 Cloud profile radars
6.1
Performance criteria for 94 GHz cloud
profile radar
6.2
Interference criteria of the cloud
profile radar
6.3
Availability criteria of the cloud
profile radar