Claudio Bruno

TL;DR: The unique data availability performance of the Sentinel-1 routine operations makes the mission particularly suitable for emergency response support, marine surveillance, ice monitoring and interferometric applications such as detection of subsidence and landslides.

TL;DR: The Copernicus Sentinel-1 Earth Radar Observatory, a mission funded by the European Union and developed by ESA, is a constellation of two C-band radar satellites, which have been conceived to be a continuous and reliable source of SAR imagery for operational applications such as mapping of global landmasses, coastal zones and monitoring of shipping routes as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a new operational mission concept for the GMES Sentinel-1 system to guarantee continuity of C-band SAR data and products availability to operational entities who exploit satellite radar imagery since ERS 1 operations.

TL;DR: The main system requirements are presented as drivers for the design of satellite and operations, and the major design challenges, the most critical developments, the main performances and operational concepts are outlined.

TL;DR: In this paper, a trade-off between fast access/response to (or frequent revisit of) a few regions of interest and maximization of geographical coverage within the satellite orbit repeat cycle is defined.