The Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s requirements for Synthetic Aperture Radar data

During 2022 and 2023, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (Bureau) led a “Pre-Phase A” Mission Study to ascertain the technical and user requirements for an Australian sovereign Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Pathfinder small satellite to support the Bureau’s observational needs across key terrestrial, marine and cryosphere SAR application areas. This paper describes the application areas considered and the respective SAR data requirements.