Uavsar Program: Recent Upgrades To Support Vegetation Structure Studies And Land Ice Topography Mapping

We improved the repeat-pass InSAR processing capability for the L-band UAVSAR airborne synthetic aperture radar in order to support time-series analysis of repeat zero-baseline observations as well as multiple baseline observations for TomoSAR imaging. This new capability enabled us to conduct tomographic experiments in Gabon during the AfriSAR deployment in support of vegetation structure studies.For the GLISTIN-A Ka-band radar, we streamlined the radar operations and implemented a robust production processor that will routinely generate topographic data products in order to support large-scale science campaigns. The new capabilities were put to test in support of the Oceans Melting Glacier Greenland campaign in March 2016.