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BPS FD ATBD - Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document#

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Document information

Field

Value

Title

BPS FD ATBD - Algorithms Theoretical Baseline Document

External reference

BIO-BPS-FD-ATBD-ARE-10344

Issue

2.1.8

Date

30 April 2025

Pages

45 (authoritative PDF)

Recipients

Name

Organisation

Cristiano Lopes

ESA – ESRIN

Michele Caccia

ESA – ESRIN

Muriel Pinheiro

ESA - ESRIN

Prepared by

Name

Organisation

Francesco Banda

Aresys

Paolo Mazzucchelli

Aresys

Shaun Quegan

University of Sheffield

Riccardo Piantanida

Aresys

Checked by

Name

Organisation

Davide D’Aria

Aresys

Approved by

Name

Organisation

Davide D’Aria

Aresys

Change history

Date

Issue

Change summary

Author

2022-06-09

2.0

First issue of the document

Francesco Banda Review: Shaun Quegan

2022-10-28

2.1

CDR2 issue of the document BPSPDR2-17: editorials clarified (sec. 4.1.4) BPSPDR2-18, BPSPDR2-20, BPSPDR2-26: formula moved to appendix (sec. 5), ATBD revised according to guidelines. BPSPDR2-19: FD first cycle clarified (sec. 3.7.4.4) BPSPDR2-22: modulus clarified (sec. 4.1.4) BPSPDR2-32: solved TBD/TBC in delivery pack BPSPDR2-52: scenario clarified (sec. 3.3) BPSPDR2-70, BPSPDR2-71: geo-coding clarified (sec. 3.5) BPSPDR2-73: subsampling rule clarified (sec. 3.4) BPSPDR2-74: Dimensions specified (sec. 3.4) BPSPDR2-83: documents review to enforce consistency BPSPDR2-84: Revision of re-use of backgeocoding results at L2 (sec. 3.2) BPSPDR2-85: Multi-looking in FD clarified (sec. 3.4) BPSPDR2-86: Computation of spatial average window size clarified (sec. 3.4) BPSPDR2-87: Cross-pol terminology aligned BPSPDR2-90: Ground cancellation with two images clarified (sec. 3.3) BPSPDR2-91: FD emphasized forest height clarified (sec. 3.3)

Francesco Banda Paolo Mazzucchelli

2023-03-13

2.1.1

Post CDR2 issue of the document: BPSCDR2-1: added acronym BPSCDR2-3: added docs acronyms in i/o tables BPSCDR2-4: added missing details for Forest Cov Check BPSCDR2-6: fixed wavenumber description BPSCDR2-7: insarPair added in sec. 3.4.4.1 BPSCDR2-8: updated sec. 3.5.2 BPSCDR2-9: updated sec. 3.6.2 BPSCDR2-10: vertical datum/reference added sec. 3.6.2 BPSCDR2-11: updated sec. 3.7.2 BPSCDR2-23: note added sec. 3.5.4 BPSCDR2-30: Heat Map added sec. 4.1.4 BPSCDR2-43: minimum coverage percentage added sec. 4.1.4 Formulas corrected: updated sec. 3.5.4 Formulas corrected: updated sec. 3.4.4 (desired elevation to wavenumber correction and demodulation height)

Paolo Mazzucchelli Francesco Banda

2023-09-15

2.1.2

BPS-393 / BPS-390: updated FD computation to make robust to numerical problems

Paolo Mazzucchelli

2024-01-19

2.1.3

DeltaFAT2 version of the document: BPSCDR2-10: updated description of “real elevation”

Paolo Mazzucchelli

2024-05-17

2.1.4

Post-DeltaFAT2 version of the document: Updated eq. 3.2 Updated description in sec. 3.7.4.5 Added TBD/TBC table

Paolo Mazzucchelli

2024-09-06

2.1.5

FAT3 version of the document

Paolo Mazzucchelli

2024-12-13

2.1.6

Delta_FAT3 version of the document: Updated sec. 3.5.5 Renamed “decimationFactor” to “upsamplingFactor”

Paolo Mazzucchelli

2025-03-07

2.1.7

Post-FAT3 issue of the document Fixed Wavenumbers (3.4.2) and IncidenceAngle (3.5.2) descriptions unit of measurement

Paolo Mazzucchelli

2025-04-30

2.1.8

BPS-FTO-BATCH4: Separated calibration screen table in skp and flattening (sec. 3.3.2); expanded description in how to use them (sec. 3.3.4)

Paolo Mazzucchelli Emanuele Giorgi